Author: Lincoln Steffens

Quotes

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

- Lincoln Steffens

I have been contending all my life, and always with God.

I have been contending all my life, and always with God.

- Lincoln Steffens

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

- Lincoln Steffens

The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.

The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.

- Lincoln Steffens

Nothing fails like success.

Nothing fails like success.

- Lincoln Steffens

I have been over into the future, and it works.

I have been over into the future, and it works.

- Lincoln Steffens

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

- Lincoln Steffens

It is possible to get an education at a university. It has been done; not often.

It is possible to get an education at a university. It has been done; not often.

- Lincoln Steffens

Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government.

Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government.

- Lincoln Steffens

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