Bainbridge Colby Quotes:- Bainbridge Colby (December 22, 1869 – April 11, 1950) was an American politician and attorney who was a co-founder of the United States Progressive Party and Woodrow Wilson’s last Secretary of State. Colby was a Republican until he helped co-found the National Progressive Party in 1912; he ran for multiple offices as a member of that party but never won.
Inspirational Bainbridge Colby Quotes
“We must be loyal to the forum of our government.”
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“Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.”
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“A liberty subject to law and subordinate to the common welfare.”
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“I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.”
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“That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.”
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“But we must not, if we are loyal, disperse our energies in a partisan warfare that is waged without regard to its consequences to the well-being, security, or honor of the country.”
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“We must stifle the voice of hatred and faction.”
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“And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open-minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.”
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“The social and industrial structure of America is founded upon an enlightened citizenship.”
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“An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country.”
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Famous Quotes by Bainbridge Colby
“Like pictures, men should be judged by their merits and not by their defects.”
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“Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.”
Bainbridge Colby
“The test of good citizenship is loyalty to country.”
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“America stands for individual liberty, but that means an ordered liberty.”
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“Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson.”
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“It is a high patriotic duty that we support and sustain the men who have been placed in positions of difficulty, burden, responsibility, and even danger as the result of our suffrages.”
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