19th-century Political Scientist Quotes

John Burgess

Charles Edward Merriam

Arthur Twining Hadley

All impartial men who are moved by justice and not by racialism want India to be ruled by Indians.

Francisco Luís Gomes

At first it was the incomes of corporations, then of rich citizens, then of well-provided widows and opulent workers, and finally the wealth of housemaids and the tips of waitresses. This is all in line with the ability to pay doctrine. The poor, simply because there are more of them, have more ability to pay than the rich.

It is denied that any limit can be set to governmental activity.

Charles Edward Merriam

The world is more than a game of cards. History is more than a record of gambling operations.

Arthur Twining Hadley

It is difficult to see why the most advantageous political system, for the present, would not be a democratic state with an artistocratic government, provided only the artistocracy be that of real merit, and not of artificial qualities. If this be not the real principle of the republican form of government then I must confess that I do not know what its principle is.

Animals belonging to the same species are like-minded, just as they are like-headed, like-bellied, like-limbed.

Henry Jones Ford