In the best days of our republic Americans were fiercely proud of the fact that rich and poor met on such equal terms in so many ways, and without the slightest trace of hostility. Robert W. Welch, Jr. Read Quote
In our Constitution governmental power is divided among three separate branches of the national government, three separate branches of State governments, and the peoples of the several States. Robert W. Welch, Jr. Read Quote
We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn be supported by that power, until it has become entirely too much a government of and for one class, which is exactly what our Founding Fathers wanted most to prevent. Robert W. Welch, Jr. Read Quote
Newspapers write ringing editorials declaring that this is and always was a democracy. Robert W. Welch, Jr. Read Quote
And it was under Wilson that the first great propaganda slogan was coined and emblazoned everywhere, to make Americans start thinking favorably of democracies and forget that we had a republic. Robert W. Welch, Jr. Read Quote
It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program, such as the progressive income tax, were incorporated into the American system. Robert W. Welch, Jr. Read Quote
The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a great deal longer for those seeds to germinate and the plants to grow. Robert W. Welch, Jr. Read Quote
There is no question but that the laws and principles which Solon laid down both foreshadowed and prepared the way for all republics of later ages, including our own. Robert W. Welch, Jr. Read Quote
For, quite literally, the whole world today is looking for us to take the lead in carrying out those obligations imposed on the American people as a whole by the beautiful, compassionate and courageous principle of noblesse oblige. Robert W. Welch, Jr. Read Quote
The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can… become very onerous indeed. Robert W. Welch, Jr. Read Quote