Chester Bowles Quotes

• Government is too big and important to be left to the politicians.

  Chester Bowles

  Government, Important, Politics

  Forbes Magazine, vol. 68, 1951.

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• There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of economic insecurity.

  Chester Bowles

  Real, Insecurity, Economic

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• WHEN YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT, YOU CAN AFFORD TO KEEP YOUR TEMPER; AND WHEN YOU ARE IN THE WRONG, YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE IT.

  Chester Bowles

  Grandchildren, Temper, Loses

  Chester Bowles (1954). “Ambassador's Report”, New York : Harper

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• When you approach a problem, strip yourself of preconceived opinions and prejudice, assemble and learn the facts of the situation, make the decision which seems to you to be the most honest, and then stick to it.

  Chester Bowles

  Decision, Prejudice, Facts

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• The chief characteristics of the [liberal] attitude are human sympathy, a receptivity to change, and a scientific willingness to follow reason rather than faith.

  Chester Bowles

  Attitude, Reason, Characteristics

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• Despite whatever agreement there may be between some of us, let us never forget that we are all working whole-heartedly and humbly for the same goal-a country of peace, abundance and prosperity-for all of our people of all races, of all groups-whoever they may be, wherever they may live.

  Chester Bowles

  Country, Race, Agreement

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• Production is the only answer to inflation.

  Chester Bowles

  Answers, Inflation, Productions

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• We are coming to realise that foreign operations in today's world call for a total diplomacy ... Ambassadors can no longer be content with wining and dining, reporting, analysing and cautiously predicting.

  Chester Bowles

  Dining, World, Ambassadors

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• And why should we, of all people, expect the proud new developing nations to see the world precisely as we see it? Was any new nation ever more outspoken, independent and unaligned than the young America of Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln?

  Chester Bowles

  Independent, America, People

  "The Conscience of a Liberal". Book by Chester Bowles, 1962.

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• To some extent we are all the prisoners of stereotypes; we see each other in terms of distorted and oversimplified images. Better communication in the realm of ideas, of the arts, and of science can help refashion these false images. And by seeing more clearly we may act more wisely.

  Chester Bowles

  Art, Communication, Ideas

  Chester Bowles (1962). “The Conscience of a Liberal”

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• I believe that we should take every opportunity to challenge the assumption that our European allies are doing us a favor whenever they provide us with the necessary facilities from which to defend their own continent.

  Chester Bowles

  Believe, Opportunity, Challenges

  "Contracting States: Sovereign Transfers in International Relations". Book by Alexander Cooley and Hendrik Spruyt, Princeton University Press, p. 100, "The Azores", White House Memorandum to President John F. Kennedy, Washington, DC (June 4, 1962), 2009.

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