A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

Quote by John Jay Chapman

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The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single...

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single...

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried...

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried...

All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning...

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

The problem is not with people or churches that are politically active. It is with...

The problem is not with people or churches that are politically active. It is with...

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....