John Jay Chapman
Quotes by 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.
— 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.
— John Jay Chapman
Good government is the outcome of private virtue.
— 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.
— John Jay Chapman
Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.
— John Jay Chapman
The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.
— John Jay Chapman