When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government. — Jacob K. Javits Copy Share Image
I remember my own life as a small boy, son of Jewish immigrants, in a janitor's flat on Orchard and Stanton streets on the… — Jacob K. Javits Copy Share Image
One of the proven ways of getting workers more involved with their jobs is by dovetailing employee profit-sharing and stock ownership plans with greater responsibility sharing... Trade unions in this country should... consider these arrangements much more carefully than they have up to now... Expanded employee profit participation and stock ownership would provide workers with a greater measure of economic… — Jacob K. Javits Copy Share
My own philosophy is that you don't really belong to yourself. You have an obligation to the society which protected you when you were… — Jacob K. Javits Copy Share Image
My thinking is Lincolnian rather than Jeffersonian, Teddy Rooseveltian rather than Franklin D. Rooseveltian. — Jacob K. Javits Copy Share Image
Politicians are probably the most underrated people in our society. — Jacob K. Javits Copy Share Image
You must remember, my own philosophy is that you don't belong only to yourself. You have an obligation to the society which protected you… — Jacob K. Javits Copy Share Image
Birth and death are the most singular events we experience - and the contemplation of death, as of birth, should be a thing of… — Jacob K. Javits Copy Share Image
'Business,' properly understood, is so central to every aspect of our civilization that Republicans should proudly announce that they are indeed 'the party of… — Jacob K. Javits Copy Share Image
There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with… — Jacob K. Javits Copy Share Image
