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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Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

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...

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.

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...

All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

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.

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

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...