"As soon as A observes something which seems to him to be wrong, from which X is suffering, A talks it over with B, and A and B then propose to get a law passed to remedy the evil and help X. Their law always proposes to determine what C shall do for X or, in the better case, what A, B and C shall do for X... What I want to do is to look up C. I want to show you what manner of man he is. I call him the Forgotten Man. Perhaps the appellation is not strictly correct. he is the man who never is thought of. He is the victim of the reformer, social speculator and philanthropist... He works, he votes, generally he prays—but he always pays..."
“It is plain that the Forgotten Man and the Forgotten Woman are the real productive strength of the country.”
~ William Graham Sumner, from his The Forgotten Man + Other Essays
RELATED:
- 'William Graham Sumner: The Forgotten Man Who Reminded Us About 'The Forgotten Man' ~ Mark Hendrickson, FORBES
- 'Political Rhetoric Hides the Political Reality of Peaceful Production vs. Plunder' ~ Richard Ebeling, AIER
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