Samuel J. Tilden Professions : Former Governor of New York Born : February 9, 1814 Died : August 4, 1886 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Samuel J. Tilden It is said that it is far more difficult to hold and maintain leadership (liberty) than it is to attain it. Success is a ruthless competitor for it flatters and nourishes our weaknesses and lulls us into complacency. We bask in the sunshine of accomplishment and lose the spirit of humility which helps us visualize all the factors which have contributed to our success. We are apt to forget that we are only one of a team, that in unity there is strength and that we are strong only as long as each unit in our organization functions with precision. Samuel J. Tilden team strong leadership I was never a Republican, because those gentlemen, distinguished as they are, have only one real interest, and that is the making of special laws in order to protect their fortunes. I also know they have no compassion for the masses of the people in this country who are without money and who are, many of them, without food or houses. I have always thought that only as a Democrat, reflecting Jefferson and Jackson, could justice ever be done the people because, at this moment in history, ours is the only party which is even faintly responsive to the force of ideas. Samuel J. Tilden party real country New York [cannot] remain the center of commerce and capital for this continent, unless it has an independent bar and an honest judiciary. Samuel J. Tilden bars independent new-york Similar Authors Al Smith former-governor-of-new-york David Paterson former-governor-of-new-york Herbert H. Lehman former-governor-of-new-york Charles Evans Hughes former-governor-of-new-york George Pataki former-governor-of-new-york Eliot Spitzer former-governor-of-new-york All Authors
