Franklin Knight Lane Quotes

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

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.

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

I am whatever you make me, nothing more.

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.

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

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

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.