Quotes by : Lincoln Steffens

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

The typical American citizen is the business man. The typical business man is a bad citizen; he is busy.....

morality is moral only when it is voluntary

In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so....

If our political leaders are to be always a lot of political merchants, they will supply any demand we....

The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain,....

Whenever anything extraordinary is done in American municipal politics, whether for good or for evil,....

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

I have been over into the future, and it works.

It is possible to get an education at a university. It has been done not often.