His dark eyes looked straight at his audience, and he began in his clear, quiet voice: "What you all feel in this meeting is discontent with your fate, and a wish to improve it.

I do not believe, however, that the honored speaker before me has shown you a way which will bring you any nearer to your desires.

You wish that the State shall nurse you in sickness, and provide for you in old age.

What is the State?
It is yourselves.

The State has nothing but what you give it.