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

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Source : Lincoln Steffens (1931). “The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens”, p.434, Heyday

Lincoln Steffens

“The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.”
“Shh,â€ he whispered. â€œYou asked me if I loved you. I do. I love you more than life itself. Nothing matters in this world but that you live. Can you do that for me? Can you live?”
“Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me.”
“Losing a position is aggravating, whereas losing your nerve is devastating.”
“There must be hundreds of unsung heroes and heroines who first tasted strange things growing - and think of the man who first ate a lobster. This staggers the imagination. I salute him every time I take my nutcracker in hand and move the melted-butter pipkin closer.”
“I've always been down to try out new things, but I was more of a jeans girl at age 17. I didn't want to show my legs. Now, I'm a dress-shirt girl, a shorts girl, a jeans girl, an overalls girl - I'll wear anything!”

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“Our body is there right now. You did not have to earn a thing. It is a gift. You are a hero every time you step out of your front door to do some exercise.”
“Love is a spirit all compact of fire.”

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