Quotes by Chapman, John Jay

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness fr >>

You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not go >>

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone el >>

Quotations about Politicians and Politics

He thinks like a Tory, and talks like a Radical, and that's so importa >>

Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a Congressman can. >>

The Empress is legitimate, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist >>

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political idea is as he has of the principles of counterpoint. Each is a thing used in politics or music which those fellows who practice politics or music manipulate somehow. Show him one and he will deny that it is politics at all. It must be corrupt or he will not recognize it. He has only seen dried figs. He has only thought dried thoughts. A live thought or a real idea is against the rules of his mind.

Chapman, John Jay