Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Quote by John Jay Chapman

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Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...

I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which...

I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which...

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...

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

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...

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking...

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking...

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

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...

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 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.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

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...

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...

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

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...

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.

Globalization could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this...

Globalization could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this...

Have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready...

Have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready...