What did Lincoln Steffens mean by: The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people. - Lincoln Steffens Journalist · USA Copy
+ Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lincoln Steffens, Abuse, Groups, 0 - Lincoln Steffens Journalist · USA
+ The politer the society, the greater the lies it requires. Feraz Zeid, August 11, 2023December 12, 2023, Lincoln Steffens, Atheism, Fear, Lying, 0 - Lincoln Steffens Journalist · USA
+ It is privilege that causes evil in the world, not wickedness, and not men. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lincoln Steffens, Evil, Wickedness, 0 - Lincoln Steffens Journalist · USA
+ The doctrine of Jesus is the most revolutionary propaganda that I have ever encountered. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lincoln Steffens, Doctrine, Jesus, Revolutionary, 0 - Lincoln Steffens Journalist · USA
+ Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lincoln Steffens, Growth, 0 - Lincoln Steffens Journalist · USA
+ I have seen the future, and it works. Feraz Zeid, June 11, 2023December 12, 2023, Lincoln Steffens, God, 0 - Lincoln Steffens Journalist · USA
+ If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lincoln Steffens, Father, Son, Watches, 0 - Lincoln Steffens Journalist · USA
+ Morality is only moral when it is voluntary. Feraz Zeid, June 28, 2023December 12, 2023, Lincoln Steffens, Atheism, Ethics, Morality, 0 - Lincoln Steffens Journalist · USA
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
