Here is
the central stronghold of the money power in the everlasting conflict of
the few to grab, and the many to keep or win the rights they were born
with. Legal technicalities seldom help the people. The people, not the
law, should have the benefit of every doubt.
Equality of opportunity, a square deal for every man, the protection of
the citizen against the great concentrations of capital, the intelligent
use of laws and institutions for the public good, and the conservation
of our natural resources, not for the trusts, but for the people; these
are real issues and real problems. Upon such things as these the
perpetuity of this country as a nation of homes really depends. We are
coming to see that the simple things are the things to work for. More
than that, we are coming to see that the plain American citizen is the
man to work for. The imagination is staggered by the magnitude of the
prize for which we work. If we succeed, there will exist upon this
continent a sane, strong people, living through the centuries in a land
subdued and controlled for the service of the people, its rightful
masters, owned by the many and not by the few.
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