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All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

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...

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...

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...

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your...

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your...