Quotes by Charles Merriam

• Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America.
• If nothing is to be done in the given situation, he must invent plausible reasons for doing nothing; and if something must be done, he must suggest the something. The unpardonable sin is to propose nothing, when action is imperative.
• It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.