Seth Moulton Quotes
Self-preservation shouldn't be the first instinct in politics. It should be doing the right thing for the country.
Moulton, Seth. Interview. The Washington Post, Nov. 2018.
The job of the Community Relations Service was to provide mediation and other services to promote voluntary desegregation in communities. Most Southern politicians were urging non-compliance with the Civil Rights Act, and to be a federal official who tried to persuade Southerners to desegregate was not good for a political career. Collins, to his great credit, accepted the President’s offer. Johnson’s “sales pitch” was the altruistic and patriotic side of the President which often gets overshadowed by his political machinations.
“Public charities” were government services that were like those provided by private charities: relief, food, housing etc. ie “welfare”
The Treasury Secretary had discovered a massive fraud between some whiskey distillers and some government officials whereby the government was defrauded of millions of dollars of tax revenue. One of the Federal officials Bristow wanted to indict was O. E. Babcock, the President’s personal secretary and advisor. Bristow marshaled the facts and sent a report to Grant who wrote the quoted material in the margin of the report and sent it back to Bristow. Despite Grant’s lack of personal involvement and his immediate willingness to prosecute his close friend and colleague, the stain of scandal spread to Grant and to this day is a part of any discussion of his presidency.
This proverb describes a philosophy which is very different from traditional American values. Ironically, in Chinese History, both the right wing and left wing governments have espoused the philosophy implicit in this proverb. Both the Nationalist and Communist factions of the Chinese Civil War both demanded these values.
Seth Wilbur Moulton is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district since 2015. A former Marine Corps officer, he is a member of the Democratic Party.
