Edward J. Flanagan Quotes

Ireland, Priest
July 13, 1886 – May, 15, 1948.

Monsignor Edward Joseph Flanagan was an Irish-born priest of the Catholic Church in the United States. He founded the orphanage known as Boys Town located in Boys Town, Douglas County, Nebraska, which now also serves as a center for troubled youth.

There are no bad boys. There is only bad environment, bad training, bad example, bad thinking.

Edward J. Flanagan
Without God at the beginning, there can be only confusion at the end.

Edward J. Flanagan
- God
- Beginning
- Confusion

I do not believe that a child can be reformed by lock and key and bars, or that fear can ever develop a child's character.

Edward J. Flanagan
- Character
- Child
- Develop