Author: Ripon Society
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December 30, 2014
“The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it.” – Sagamore Hill, New York, January 1, 1916
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December 23, 2014
“I wonder whether there ever can come in life a thrill of greater exaltation and rapture than that which comes to one between the ages of say six and fourteen, when the library door is thrown open and you walk in to see all the gifts, like a materialized fairy land, arrayed on your special…
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December 16, 2014
“I do not much admire the Senate, because it is such a helpless body when efficient work for good is to be done. Two or three determined Senators seem able to hold up legislation, or at least good legislation, in an astonishing way.” – Letter to Joseph Bucklin Bishop, March 23, 1905
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December 9, 2014
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TRUST IN GOVERNMENT: Latest Ripon Forum looks at why it’s important, and what Republicans can do to restore it in 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – December 11, 2014 — With Republicans set to take control of Congress in January, the latest edition of The Ripon Forum looks at what may be one of the most daunting challenges they will confront — namely, the fact that the American people have lost faith in Washington and the ability of…
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December 2, 2014
“I advocate genuine popular rule in nation, in state, in city, in county, as offering the best possible means for eliminating special privilege alike in politics and in business, and for getting a genuine equality of opportunity for every man to show the stuff there is in him.” – St. Louis, MO, March 28, 1912
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November 25, 2014
“The men who have made our national greatness are those who faced danger and overcame it, who met difficulties and surmounted them, not those whose lines were cast in such pleasant places that toil and dread were ever far from them.” – Galena, Illinois, June 17, 1912
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Florida Times-Union highlights Ripon Forum essay on GOP’s rich legacy on conservation
Florida Times-Union highlights Ripon Forum essay on GOP’s rich legacy on conservation
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Statement of Jim Conzelman on the passing of The Honorable Bill Frenzel
“If there are wise men left in Washington, then Bill Frenzel was most assuredly one of them. He was both a scholar and a statesman who served his country in many important ways.”
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Ripon Society Hosts Election Preview with Veteran Strategists
WASHINGTON, DC – With the mid-terms less than a week away, The Ripon Society held a luncheon discussion yesterday afternoon with two veteran campaign strategists, who previewed the upcoming election and shared their thoughts on some of the key House and Senate races around the country. The strategists were Guy Harrison and Rob Jesmer. Harrison…
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October 28, 2014
“This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fails. We put him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a threat to this country.” – Memphis, Tennessee, October 25, 1905
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October 21, 2014
“Life is not easy, and least of all is it easy for either the man or the nation that aspires to do great deeds.” – New York City, February 26, 1903