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.

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

Edward J. Flanagan
- God
- Beginning
- Confusion
There are no bad boys. There is only bad environment, bad training, bad example, bad thinking.

Edward J. Flanagan

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