Lincoln Steffens Quotes

American - Journalist | April 6, 1866 - August 9, 1936

My father, the practical joker, did not care for practical jokes on himself; he did not encourage the practice in me.

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Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

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Whenever anything extraordinary is done in American municipal politics, whether for good or for evil, you can trace it almost invariably to one man. The people do not do it. Neither do the 'gangs,' 'combines,' or political parties.

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I am really puzzled to understand myself.

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If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.

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My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being.

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

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

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

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The doctrine of Jesus is the most revolutionary propaganda that I have ever encountered.

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My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly down, he would gently kick the seat from under me - and laugh.

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One improvement I have learned from my childhood experience with my father: I do not threaten punishment in the morning. That was awful. Late into the night I would lie awake tossing and wondering what he was going to do to me. Usually he did nothing. A quiet, impressive 'talking to' was all I got.

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