Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Franklin Knight Lane

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Franklin Knight Lane.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Franklin Knight Lane

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.

No man should have a political office because he wants a job.
For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.
My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors. — © Franklin Knight Lane
My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.
A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.
Newspaper men, perhaps more than any other class, are rated by ability.
I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.
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.
I have hardly seen my baby for six weeks; have been at the office from nine A.M. to eleven P.M. regularly.
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.
The bravest sight in all this world is a man fighting against odds.
You are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.
I am whatever you make me, nothing more.
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