Nothing is more injurious to the character and to the intellect than the suppression of a generous emotion. John Jay Chapman
The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought. John Jay Chapman
There are lots of people who can’t think seriously without injuring their brains. John Jay Chapman
A thing is not the truth till it is so strongly believed in, that the believer is convinced that its existence does not depend upon him. John Jay Chapman
Good government is the outcome of private virtue. John Jay Chapman
All progress is experimental. John Jay Chapman
The short lesson that comes out of long experience in political agitation is something like this: all the motive power in all of these movements is the instinct of religious feeling. All the obstruction comes from attempting to rely on anything else. Conciliation is the enemy. John Jay Chapman