Randolph Bourne Quotes
All we can ever do in the way of good to people is to encourage them to do good to themselves.
Bourne, Randolph S. Youth and Life. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, p. 147.
Randolph Silliman Bourne was a progressive writer and intellectual born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and a graduate of Columbia University. He is considered to be a spokesman for the young radicals living during World War I. His articles appeared in journals including The Seven Arts and The New Republic. Bourne is best known for his essays, especially his unfinished work "The State," discovered after he died. The essay is the source of the well-known phrase "war is the health of the state," by which Bourne lamented governments' success at arrogating authority and resources during conflicts.