Quotes about "Politics & Government"

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair. ”

One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class. ”

Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness. ”

Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury. ”

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. ”

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. ”

No public man can be just a little crooked. ”

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office. ”

The opportunities of America opened out to me the public schools. They carried me to the professional training of an American university. I began by working with my own hands for my daily bread. ”

The years between 1800 and 1825 were distinguished, so far as our domestic development was concerned, by the growth of the Western pioneer Democracy in power and self-consciousness. ”