The Gift of Money-Making

The good citizen in a republic must first of all be able to hold his own. He is no good citizen unless he has the ability which will make him work hard, and which at need will make him fight hard. Courage masterful qualities serve but to make man more evil if they are merely used for man's own advancement with brutal indifference to others. The phrase maker, the phrase monger, the ready talker whose speech does not make for courage, sobriety, and right understanding is simply a noxious element in the body politic. To admire the gift of oratory without regard to the moral quality behind the gift is to do wrong to the republic. It makes no difference