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The Aristocracy of pull
"IfyouaskmetonametheproudestdistinctionofAmericans,Iwouldchoose—becauseitcontainsalltheothers—thefactthattheywerethepeoplewhocreatedthephrase‘tomakemoney.’Nootherlanguageornationhadeverusedthesewordsbefore;menhadalwaysthoughtofwealthasastaticquantity—tobeseized,begged,inherited,shared,lootedorobtainedasafavor.Americanswerethefirsttounderstandthatwealthhastobecreated.Thewords‘tomakemoney’holdtheessenceofhumanmorality.
"YetthesewerethewordsforwhichAmericansweredenouncedbytherottedculturesofthelooters’continents.Nowthelooters’credohasbroughtyoutoregardyourproudestachievementsasahallmarkofshame,yourprosperityasguilt,yourgreatestmen,theindustrialists,asblackguards,andyourmagnificentfactoriesastheproductandpropertyofmuscularlabor,thelaborofwhip-drivenslaves,likethepyramidsofEgypt.Therotterwhosimpersthatheseesnodifferencebetweenthepowerofthedollarandthepowerofthewhip,oughttolearnthedifferenceonhisownhide—as,Ithink,hewill.
"Untilandunlessyoudiscoverthatmoneyistherootofallgood,youaskforyourowndestruction.Whenmoneyceasestobethetoolbywhichmendealwithoneanother,thenmenbecomethetoolsofmen.Blood,whipsandguns—ordollars.Takeyourchoice—thereisnoother—andyourtimeisrunningout.
