We have a two-party system that I think can work well if people make an effort.

Taxing poor families runs counter to decades of effort to help people lift themselves out of poverty through work.

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.

The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work.

Extension work is not exhortation. Nor is it exploitation of the people, or advertising of an institution, or publicity work for securing students. It is a plain, earnest, and continuous effort to meet the needs of the people on their own farms and in the localities.

By understanding and harnessing the forces that drive human behavior, you can create a self-sustaining philanthropic effort that reaches millions of people. It begins with an entrepreneurial attitude: take an idea and execute on that idea. If it doesn't work, learn why and build on what you've learned.

The capacity for people to kid themselves is huge. Living on illusions or delusions, and the re-establishing of these illusions or delusions requires a big effort to keep them from being seen through. But a very old idea is at work behind our current state of affairs: enantiodromia, or the Greek notion of things turning into their opposite.

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