Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Quote by John Jay Chapman

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Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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.

It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in...

It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in...

In my mind, the re-election of Richard Nixon, compared with what was available on the...

In my mind, the re-election of Richard Nixon, compared with what was available on the...

Retreat usually leads to defeat.

Retreat usually leads to defeat.