Lincoln Steffens Quotes

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

Lincoln Steffens

Lincoln Steffens

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I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in 'We, the people.'

Barbara Jordan
- People
- Me
- Decision
I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.

Cal Ripken, Jr.
- People
- Good
- Learning
As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write and perform, in terms of your own music. So a way of evolving a guitar style as a songwriter is much easier, I think, than developing a true style of your own just from listening to music or playing other people's music.

Ian Anderson
- People
- Music
- Trying
I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.

Laura Dern
- People
- Work
- Think
Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.

Mae Jemison
- People
- Fun
- Know
You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.

Wangari Maathai