"I urge the enactment of a civil service……" — Arthur Capper
"I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service."
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Arthur Capper
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14 Quotes by Arthur Capper
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We now consider as fundamental economic functions of the state, many duties that were left a generation ago to chance.
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We spend more than a million dollars a year on our colleges and university, and it is money well spent;…
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Any plan of administration which contemplates a concentrating of responsibility is open to the dangers which follow the creation of…
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It is our duty to see that our future citizens are well born; that they are properly nourished, and are…
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be…
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens - men and women…
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County government can be simplified greatly by reorganizing and consolidating some of the offices, making others appointive, and reducing salaries…
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For the 95 per cent whose only means of schooling is the district or the city school, we must provide…
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A boy or girl who has gone through the eight grades should possess a complete, practical education and should have…
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The farmers in Kansas are sorely in need of a credit system meeting their special requirements, that they may more…
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Until the people, by amendment, change the constitution, I urge that the counties cooperate with one another, that future road…
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Following the war in Europe a large increase of European immigration to the United States is to be expected, of…
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