“that you hold your own interests above the interests of the public?” “I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.” “What . . . what do you mean?” “I hold that there is no clash of interests among men who do not demand the unearned and do not practice human sacrifices.” “Are we to understand that if the public deems it necessary to curtail your profits, you do not recognize its right to do so?” “Why, yes, I do. The public may curtail my profits any time it wishes—by refusing to buy my product.” “We are speaking of . . . other methods.” “Any other method of curtailing profits is the method of looters—and I recognize it as such.”