John Henry Newman Quotes


In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.


Citations

Newman, John Henry. Historical Sketches, Vol. 3. Pickering, 1873, p. 284.

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John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman
  • Born: February 21, 1801
  • Died: August 11, 1890
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Clergyman

John Henry Newman was an English theologian and poet, first an Anglican priest and later a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s, and was canonised as a saint in the Catholic Church in 2019.