Author: John Jay Chapman

Quotes

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

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

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

- 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

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

- 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

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

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