Franklin Knight Lane quotes
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“I am whatever you make me, nothing more. I am your belief in yourself, your dream of what a people may become.... I am the clutch of an idea, and the reasoned purpose of resolution. I am no more than you believe me to be and I am all that you believe I can be. I am whatever you make me, nothing more.”
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“A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.”
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“I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.”
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“You are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.”
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“I have hardly seen my baby for six weeks; have been at the office from nine A.M. to eleven P.M. regularly.”
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“It is work and personal worth which make a State great both politically and industrially, and in my estimation they are to be found in largest proportions in the Democratic party.”
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“I am whatever you make me, nothing more.”
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“No man should have a political office because he wants a job.”
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“My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.”
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“The bravest sight in all this world is a man fighting against odds.”
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“Newspaper men, perhaps more than any other class, are rated by ability.”
-- Franklin Knight Lane
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