DeWitt Clinton Quotes
... miserable and almost friendless objects are ushered upon the stage of life, inheriting those vices, which idleness, and the bad example of their parents naturally produce.
In calling for universal free public education, Gov. Clinton of New York said:
DeWitt Clinton, 1769-1828, U. S. Senator (Anti-Federalist Republican, NY), Mayor of New York City, Governor of New York, Peace Party candidate for President of the United States, "Father of Free Public Schools", Speech, New York City, February 25, 1805
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The Great Depression had worldwide reach. Just as Herbert Hoover and his followers felt that there was no role of the national government in dealing with the depression, Japan had a major faction that believed that the only thing to do was wait the economic cycle out. Hiranuma represented the more activist faction who saw the necessity of national government involvement.
On observing unemployment in France while it was virtually unknown then in America:
He was referring to the large Muslim immigration that France had been experiencing. He told his followers this absurd statement although the immigrants he blamed were only 10 percent of the French population and the crimes of the other 90 percent had nothing to do with immigration.
DeWitt Clinton, whose name was almost always spelled De Witt during his lifetime and until the late 20th century, was an American politician and naturalist. He served as a United States Senator, Mayor of New York City, and as the sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity, he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. Clinton was a major candidate for the American presidency in the election of 1812, challenging incumbent James Madison.
