Political Quotes

James Beck: “If there is to be a remedy, we must first diagnose this malady of the human soul.”

On the record
If there is to be a remedy, we must first diagnose this malady of the human soul.
Said by
James Beck
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Beck asserts that identifying the root causes of societal malaise is essential for finding solutions.

Share

More from James Beck

We must defend the right to work against those who would either destroy or degrade it.

gutenberg.org

The greatest and noblest purpose of the Constitution was not alone to hold in nicest equipose the relative powers of the nation and the States, but also to maintain in the scales of justice a true equilibrium between the rights of…

gutenberg.org

Its protection should be given to those of superior skill and diligence, who ask the due rewards of such superiority.

gutenberg.org

If it ceases to be of the spirit of the people, then the yellow parchment whereon it is inscribed can avail nothing.

gutenberg.org

Other voices in this conversation