Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Franklin Knight Lane

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Franklin Knight Lane.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Franklin Knight Lane was an American progressive politician from California. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920. He also served as a commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of California in 1902, losing a narrow race in what was then a heavily Republican state.

American - Politician | July 15, 1864 - May 18, 1921

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No man should have a political office because he wants a job.

Franklin Knight Lane

For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.

Franklin Knight Lane

My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.

Franklin Knight Lane

A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.

Franklin Knight Lane

Newspaper men, perhaps more than any other class, are rated by ability.

Franklin Knight Lane

I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.

Franklin Knight Lane

It is work and personal worth which make a State great both politically and industrially, and in my estimation they are to be found in largest proportions in the Democratic party.

Franklin Knight Lane

I have hardly seen my baby for six weeks; have been at the office from nine A.M. to eleven P.M. regularly.

Franklin Knight Lane

I am whatever you make me, nothing more. I am your belief in yourself, your dream of what a people may become.... I am the clutch of an idea, and the reasoned purpose of resolution. I am no more than you believe me to be and I am all that you believe I can be. I am whatever you make me, nothing more.

Franklin Knight Lane

The bravest sight in all this world is a man fighting against odds.

Franklin Knight Lane

You are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.

Franklin Knight Lane

I am whatever you make me, nothing more.

Franklin Knight Lane