Franklin Knight Lane Quotes


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.


Citations

Lane, Franklin Knight. "Makers of the Flag." The American Spirit: Addresses in War-Time, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1918, pp. 6-7.

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Franklin Knight Lane
Franklin Knight Lane
  • Born: July 15, 1864
  • Died: May 18, 1921
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Franklin Knight Lane was an American progressive politician from California. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920. He also served as a commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of California in 1902, losing a narrow race in what was then a heavily Republican state.