Robert Hunter (author)

"It would seem fair to estimate that certainly not less than 14 per cent of the people, in prosperous times , and probably not less than 20 per cent in bad times , are in distress. The estimate is a co…"

"To live miserable we know not why, to have the dread of hunger, to work sore and yet gain nothing—this is the essence of poverty."

"Both socialists and anarchists preach their gospel to the weary and heavy-laden, to the despondent and the outraged, who may readily be led to commit acts of despair. They have, after all, little to l…"

"St. Paul earned his living most of the time by hard labor and constantly reminded his converts that they must not defraud each other, but love one another and work with their own hands. The same rule …"

"It was this spirit of the masses and the revolt of the poor which so often found voice in the words of Jesus. But these condemnations are not solely expressive of the intense heat that so often burns …"

"Mr. Jacob A. Riis, a few years ago, used some figures which showed that about one-third of the people of New York City were dependent upon charity at some time during the eight years previous to 1890.…"

"Curiously enough, and this is what his family could not understand, the more religious he became the less he could tolerate the churches."

"If it be true that doctrines have naught to do with the spread of terrorism, why is it that among many million socialists there are almost no terrorists, while among a few thousand anarchists there ar…"