Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a...

A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a...

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

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

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...

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...

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...

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

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...

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

A benevolent mind, and the face assumes the patterns of benevolence. An evil mind, then...

A benevolent mind, and the face assumes the patterns of benevolence. An evil mind, then...

Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of...

Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ...

The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ...