--- title: "11 Forgotten Quotes By William Graham Sumner" description: "11 Forgotten quotes by William Graham Sumner. Plus more from William Graham Sumner and more Forgotten sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/william-graham-sumner-5011_forgotten_the-type-and-formula-of-most-schemes-of_2479096.png" --- > [The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-type-and-formula-of-most-schemes-of-philanthropy-or/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/william-graham-sumner-5011_forgotten_the-type-and-formula-of-most-schemes-of_2479096.png) > [The State cannot get a cent for any man without taking it from some other man, and this latter must be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-state-cannot-get-a-cent-for-any-man-without-taking-it-from-some/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/william-graham-sumner-5011_be-a-man_the-state-cannot-get-a-cent-for-any-man_1750178.png) > [The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-forgotten-man-he-works-he-votes-generally-he-prays-but-his-chief/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/william-graham-sumner-5011_business_the-forgotten-man-he-works-he-votes-gene_1334376.png) > [Who is the Forgotten Man? He is the clean, quiet, virtuous, domestic citizen, who pays his debts and his taxes and is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/who-is-the-forgotten-man-he-is-the-clean-quiet-virtuous-domestic/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/william-graham-sumner-5011_circles_who-is-the-forgotten-man-he-is-the-clean_290987.png) > [The State, it cannot be too often repeated, does nothing and can give nothing which it does not take from somebody. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-state-it-cannot-be-too-often-repeated-does-nothing-and-can-give/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/william-graham-sumner-5011_business_the-state-it-cannot-be-too-often-repeate_940234.png) > [If any student of social science comes to appreciate the case of the Forgotten Man, he will become an unflinching advocate of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/if-any-student-of-social-science-comes-to-appreciate-the-case-of-the/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab2/william-graham-sumner-5011_appreciate_if-any-student-of-social-science-comes-t_1231565.png) > [The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-type-and-formula-of-most-schemes-of-philanthropy-or-2/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/william-graham-sumner-5011_character_the-type-and-formula-of-most-schemes-of_2920238.jpg) > [The Forgotten Man... works, he votes, generally he prays-but he always pays-yes, above all, he pays. He does not want an office;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-forgotten-man-works-he-votes-generally-he-prays-but-he-always/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/427/william-graham-sumner-5011_burden_the-forgotten-man-works-he-votes-general_2724318.jpg) > [The Forgotten Man... delving away in patient industry, supporting his family, paying his taxes, casting his vote, supporting the church and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-forgotten-man-delving-away-in-patient-industry-supporting-his/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/william-graham-sumner-5011_bigs_the-forgotten-man-delving-away-in-patien_711429.jpg) > [The Forgotten Man is delving away in patient industry, supporting his family, paying his taxes, casting his vote, supporting the church and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-forgotten-man-is-delving-away-in-patient-industry-supporting-his/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a0/william-graham-sumner-5011_bigs_the-forgotten-man-is-delving-away-in-pat_1733265.png) > [Whatever capital you divert to the support of a shiftless and good-for-nothing person is so much diverted from some other employment, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/whatever-capital-you-divert-to-the-support-of-a-shiftless-and-good/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46f/william-graham-sumner-5011_amount_whatever-capital-you-divert-to-the-suppo_428016.jpg) ## Other authors on Forgotten ## More by William Graham Sumner > [The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-great-force-for-forging-a-society-into-a-solid-mass-has-always/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/one-thing-must-be-granted-to-the-rich-they-are-goodnatured/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [“Can anyone imagine that the masterfulness, the overbearing disposition, the greed of gain, and the ruthlessness in methods, which are the faults of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/can-anyone-imagine-that-the-masterfulness-the-overbearing-disposition/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [The waste of capital, in proportion to the total capital, in this country between 1800 and 1850, in the attempts which were made to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-waste-of-capital-in-proportion-to-the-total-capital-in-this/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/we-shall-find-that-every-effort-to-realize-equality-necessitates-a/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [Who is the Forgotten Man? He is the clean, quiet, virtuous, domestic citizen, who pays his debts and his taxes and is never heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/who-is-the-forgotten-man-he-is-the-clean-quiet-virtuous-domestic/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its 'debt' in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-men-who-start-out-with-the-notion-that-the-world-owes-them-a/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [The taxing power is especially something after which the reformer's finger always itches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-taxing-power-is-especially-something-after-which-the-reformer-s/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/great-captains-of-industry-are-as-rare-as-great-generals/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [Whatever capital you divert to the support of a shiftless and good-for-nothing person is so much diverted from some other employment, and that means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/whatever-capital-you-divert-to-the-support-of-a-shiftless-and-good/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [ The yearning after equality \[in economic outcome\] is the offspring of envy and covetousness, and there is no possible plan for satisfying that yearning… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-yearning-after-equality-in-economic-outcome-is-the-offspring-of/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his sons, from earliest childhood, doctrines of economy and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/i-never-have-known-a-man-of-ordinary-common-sense-who-did-not-urge/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [Before the tribunal of nature, a man has no more right to life than a rattlesnake; he has no more right to liberty than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/before-the-tribunal-of-nature-a-man-has-no-more-right-to-life-than-a/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [The millionaires are a product of natural selection ... the naturally selected agents of society for certain work. They get high wages and live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-millionaires-are-a-product-of-natural-selection-the-naturally/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) > [Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define than a poor one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/perhaps-they-do-not-recognize-themselves-for-a-rich-man-is-even/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forgotten/william-graham-sumner/#itemlist", "name": "11 Forgotten Quotes By William Graham Sumner", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. . . . 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He does not want an office; his name never gets into the newspaper except when he gets married or dies. He keeps production going on… He does not frequent the grocery or talk politics at the tavern. 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He works, he votes, generally he prays-but his chief business in life is to pay… Who and where is the Forgotten Man in this case, who will have to pay for it all?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Graham Sumner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/the-forgotten-man-delving-away-in-patient-industry-supporting-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/william-graham-sumner-5011_bigs_the-forgotten-man-delving-away-in-patien_711429.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/william-graham-sumner-5011_bigs_the-forgotten-man-delving-away-in-patien_711429.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/william-graham-sumner-5011_bigs_the-forgotten-man-delving-away-in-patien_711429.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Forgotten Man... delving away in patient industry, supporting his family, paying his taxes, casting his…” — William Graham Sumner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Forgotten Man is delving away in patient industry, supporting his family, paying his taxes, casting his vote, supporting the church and the school, reading his newspaper, and cheering for the politician of his admiration, but he is the only one for whom there is no provision in the great scramble and the big divide. 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