Charles Henry Parkhurst Quotes
… the polluted harpies that, under the pretense of governing this city, are feeding day and night on its quivering vitals. They are a lying, perjured, rum-soaked and libidinous lot
Charles H. Parkhurst, 1842–1933, Reformer & Pastor of Madison Square Presbyterian Church, New York City, President of the Society for the Prevention of Crime, Description of Tammany Hall Politicians of New York City, Quoted in Norman Thomas & Paul Blanchard, What’s The Matter with New York
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After Harry Truman stated that certain civil rights protests were communist inspired in 1960, his former Secretary of State requested that he restrain himself on this subject. The allegations of a communist conspiracy had arisen from the FBI’s chief, J. Edgar Hoover.
Franklin was the superstar of his day in terms of popularity—especially in Europe. However, his informal, social style together with his late hours and popularity with the ladies, together with the fact that he seemed on good social terms with even enemies developed a combination of jealousy, frustration and even suspicion by some of his diplomatic colleagues.
O, you anarchic scum, you cowardly murderers, you leeches upon honest labor, you midnight assassins!
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The Slavery issue was so contentious that many Northern Congressmen had just given up on the abolitionist cause or never agreed with it even though in many areas of the country the majority of their constituents supported abolition.
Charles Henry Parkhurst was an American clergyman and social reformer, born in Framingham, Massachusetts. Although scholarly and reserved, he preached two sermons in 1892 in which he attacked the political corruption of New York City government. Backed by the evidence he collected, his statements led to both the exposure of Tammany Hall and to subsequent social and political reforms.
