Bainbridge Colby Quotes

A liberty subject to law and subordinate to the common welfare.
Bainbridge Colby

America stands for individual liberty, but that means an ordered liberty.
Bainbridge Colby

Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson.
Bainbridge Colby

An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country.
Bainbridge Colby

And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.
Bainbridge Colby

But we must not, if we are loyal, disperse our energies in a partisan warfare that is waged without regard to its consequences to the well being, security, or honor of the country.
Bainbridge Colby

I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.
Bainbridge Colby

It is a high patriotic duty that we support and sustain the men who have been placed in position of difficulty, burden, responsibility, and even danger as the result of our suffrages.
Bainbridge Colby

Like pictures, men should be judged by their merits and not by their defects.
Bainbridge Colby

Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.
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That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.
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The social and industrial structure of America is founded upon an enlightened citizenship.
Bainbridge Colby

The test of good citizenship is loyalty to country.
Bainbridge Colby

Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.
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We must be loyal to the forum of our government.
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We must stifle the voice of hatred and faction.
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Biography

Type: Public Servant
Nationality: American
Born: December 22, 1869
Died: April 11, 1950

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