The best hopes of any community rest upon that class of its gifted young men who are not … - Rutherford B. Hayes

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Rutherford B. Hayes

The best hopes of any community rest upon that class of its gifted young men who are not encumbered with large possessions. . . . I now speak of extensive scholarship and ripe culture in science and art. . . . It is not large possessions, it is large expectations, or rather large hopes, that stimulate the ambition of the young.

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It is a government of the people by the people for the people no longer it is a government of corporations by corporations for corporations

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The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control capital. Hundreds of laws of Congress and the state legislatures are in the interest of these men and against the interests of workingmen. These need to be exposed and repealed. All laws on corporations, on taxation, on trusts, wills, descent, and the like, need examination and extensive change. This is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people no longer. It is a government of corporations, by corporations, and for corporations.

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