John Hay
John Hay
John Milton Haywas an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln, Hay's highest office was United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Hay was also an author and biographer, and wrote poetry and other literature throughout much of his life...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth8 October 1838
CountryUnited States of America
True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.
The use of proverbs is characteristic of an unlettered people. They are invaluable treasures to dunces with good memories.
The people will come to their own at last,-God is not mocked forever.
Speak with the speech of the world; think with the thoughts of the few.
The role we can play every day, if we try, is to take the whole experience of every day and shape it to involve American man. It is our job to interest him in his community and to give his ideas the excitement they should have.
To be fair is not enough any more. We must be ferociously fair.