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 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.

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.

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...

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...

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without...

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without...

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome...

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome...