Good government is the outcome of private virtue. — Quoted

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“Good government is the outcome of private virtue.”

John Jay Chapman · Government

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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.

Age

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.

Politics

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.

Loneliness

John Jay Chapman

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics