Lincoln Steffens quotes - page 2

My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly down, he would gently kick the seat from under me - and laugh. (Lincoln Steffens)
My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being. View quote
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Whenever anything extraordinary is done in American municipal politics, whether for good or for evil, you can trace it almost invariably to one man. The people do not do it. Neither do the 'gangs,' 'combines,' or political parties. View quote
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My father, the practical joker, did not care for practical jokes on himself; he did not encourage the practice in me. View quote
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Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure. View quote
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The Soviet government sprouted and grew out of the habits, the psychology, and the condition of the Russian people. It fitted them. They understand it. View quote
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My father required me to honor my father and my mother too much to put up games on them. I did on occasion. View quote
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