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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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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

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 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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites....

This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites....

The newly passive George Bush has become something of an embarrassment.

The newly passive George Bush has become something of an embarrassment.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.