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truth is a safer companion than the most pleasant 

 falsehood. 



To-night I have come hither looking on either 

 hand at the results of the enterprises which have 

 made Butte so great. The man who by the use of 

 his capital develops a great mine, the man who by 

 the use of his capital builds a great railroad, the 

 man who by the use of his capital either individually 

 or joined with others like him does any great legit- 

 imate business enterprise, confers a benefit, not a 

 harm, upon the community, and is entitled to be 

 so regarded. He is entitled to the protection of 

 the law, and in return he is to be required himself 

 to obey the law. The law is no respecter of per- 

 sons. The law is to be administered neither for 

 the rich man as such, nor for the poor man as such. 

 It is to be administered for every man, rich or poor, 

 if he is an honest and law-abiding citizen; and it 

 is to be invoked against any man, rich or poor, who 

 violates it, without regard to which end of the social 

 scale he may stand at, without regard to whether his 

 offence takes the form of greed and cunning, or 

 the form of physical violence; in either case if he 

 violates the law, the law is to be invoked against 

 him ; and in so invoking it I have the right to chal- 

 lenge the support of all good citizens and to demand 

 the acquiescence of every good man. I hope I will 

 have it; but once for all I wish it understood that 

 even if I do not have it I shall enforce the law. 



The soldiers who fought in the great Civil War 

 fought for liberty under, by, and through the law; 



