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.

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.

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.

Lincoln Steffens

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

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

Lincoln Steffens

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

Lincoln Steffens

The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.

The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.

Lincoln Steffens

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

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

Lincoln Steffens

In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.

In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.

Lincoln Steffens

I never heard a Christian sermon preached in a church.

I never heard a Christian sermon preached in a church.

Lincoln Steffens

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.

Lincoln Steffens

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