"So you think the Socialist Act was quite justified ?" "Justified! Why, my only objection to it is that it is much too mild.

A State has a right to use every means it can--even the sharpest--to defend itself against its deadly enemies.

To deal mildly with the enemies of society is to be unjust to us, the orderly and industrious members of the community, who work hard to get on, and who don't want to be for ever trembling for their well-earned possessions, because thieves and vagabonds--as is the way of all robbers--would like to enjoy the good things of this life without working for them." "My good Paul, that is the language of fanaticism, and, of course, it is useless to try to reason against that.

Only let me tell you this.

I do not believe that the Socialists want to rob anybody; I do not believe that they are enemies to the State and to society.