Author: John Jay Chapman

Quotes

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.

- John Jay Chapman

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

- John Jay Chapman

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

- John Jay Chapman

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age.

- John Jay Chapman

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

- John Jay Chapman

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.

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.

- John Jay Chapman

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth.

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth.

- John Jay Chapman

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