Author: Ripon Society
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June 3, 2014
“The farmer is a good farmer who, having enabled the land to support himself and to provide for the education of his children, leaves it to them a little better than he found it himself. I believe the same thing of a nation.” Osawatomie, Kansas August 31, 1901
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May 27, 2014
“If a public man tries to get your vote by saying that he will do something wrong in your interest, you can be absolutely that if ever it becomes worth his while he will do something wrong against your interest.” Paris, France April 23, 1910
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Smith Makes the Case for Space
WASHINGTON, DC – “I don’t know whether space is the last frontier or not. But I certainly believe it is the next frontier.”
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May 20, 2014
“No American can overpay the debt of gratitude we all of us owe to the officers and enlisted men of the army and of the navy.” An Autobiography 1913
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May 13, 2014
“It is always best to look facts squarely in the face, without blinking them, and to remember that, as has been well said, in the long run even the most uncomfortable truth is a safer companion than the pleasantest falsehood.” The Sewanee Review August 1884
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May 6, 2014
“There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of the problems before us nor fearing to approach those problems with the unbending, unflinching purpose to solve them aright.” Inaugural Address March 4, 1905
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“The truth is it’s happening in our own backyards.”
WASHINGTON, DC – The Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, Rep. Dave Reichert (WA-8), appeared before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society this past Thursday morning to discuss the growing epidemic of human trafficking and the effort in Congress to fight this problem here at home.
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April 29, 2014
“Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuation of the nation.” Osawatomie, Kansas August 21, 1910
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April 22, 2014
“I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” Des Moines, Iowa November 4, 1910
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Examiner focuses on McCain’s remarks at Ripon breakfast
Examiner focuses on McCain’s remarks at Ripon breakfast
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April 15, 2014
“We should discourage driving property out of the State by unwise taxation, or levying a tax which is in effect largely a tax upon honesty.” January 2, 1899 Annual Message to Legislature
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McCain Makes the Case for Immigration Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Arizona Senator John McCain appeared before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society yesterday morning, delivering a speech in which he not only made the case for immigration reform in America, but called on Congress – and specifically, the House of Representatives — to move forward with a bill.