People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.

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...

All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

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...

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.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

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...

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.

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 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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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 democracy is based on the people why force it [on Iraq]

If democracy is based on the people why force it [on Iraq]

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

Politics has less to do with where you live than where your heart is.

Politics has less to do with where you live than where your heart is.