Top 38 Quotes by Lincoln Steffens

About Lincoln Steffens

These are some quotes by American author Lincoln Steffens Journalist, who lived between April 6, 1866 and August 9, 1936.

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

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

Lincoln Steffens

My father made with me one serious mistake which I see parents about me making. He got himself somehow into the awkward position of an authority; I thought he knew and was right on everything - for a while.

Lincoln Steffens

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

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

Lincoln Steffens

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

Lincoln Steffens

Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure.

Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure.

Lincoln Steffens

I am really puzzled to understand myself.

I am really puzzled to understand myself.

Lincoln Steffens

The Russian people, sober, are said to be a gentle people.

The Russian people, sober, are said to be a gentle people.

Lincoln Steffens

My father was slower, but he was severer than my mother, who was quick but light and irregular in discipline.

My father was slower, but he was severer than my mother, who was quick but light and irregular in discipline.

Lincoln Steffens

If we would vote in mass on the more promising ticket, or, if the two are equally bad, would throw out the party that is in, and wait till the next election and then throw out the other party that is in - then, I say, the commercial politician would feel a demand for good government and he would supply it.

Lincoln Steffens

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

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

Lincoln Steffens

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