Charles Sturt Quotes
It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour.
Sturt, Charles. Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, During the Years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831. Vol. 1, Smith, Elder and Co., 1833.
Although Mellon served as Treasury Secretary to three Republican Presidents, he favored taxing earned income at a much lower rate than investment income, on fairness and pragmatic grounds. But the Republicans not only did not take his advice but have managed to cut the tax rates for investment income (capital gains taxes) so that they were actually lower than what the middle class tax rates are for their earned income. So this quote is often used by Democrats and liberals in the taxation fight that is constant.
This famous address was called his “Atlanta Compromise.” Discrimination against Blacks throughout the South and some of the North was rampant with most Blacks unable to make a decent living or partake of social amenities even if they had earned some money. There was pressure from Blacks for social and economic equality. Washington signaled in this address that Black leadership of the day would forgo their efforts to obtain social equality—symbolized by attending the opera which was for all white audiences—if the society would make gradual and steady progress at eliminating the economic equality. Other Black leaders saw this as a sell-out. See Du Bois {625802}.
Charles Napier Sturt was a British officer and explorer of Australia, and part of the European exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers, establishing that they all merged into the Murray River, which flows into the Southern Ocean. He was searching to prove his own passionately held belief that an "inland sea" was located at the centre of the continent. He reached the rank of Captain, served in several appointed posts, and on the Legislative Council.
