...ought to be a politician. [Applause.] Webster's definition of the term politics was, in substance, the science of government — that part of ethics which has to do with the government of State. A man may well be proud to say that he tries to be an American politician. Some...

...sense of the mere political partizan; but in its higher and legitimate meaning, as denned by Webster: "The science of government; that part of ethics which...government of a nation or state, the preservation of its-safety, peace and prosperity; the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or...

...of national principles, worthy of national politics. And if politics be what Webster defines — " the science of government : that part of ethics which...the regulation and government of a nation or State ; with the augmentation of its strength and resources, with the protection of its citizens in their...

...the masses out of their deeply rooted notion that politics is what Noah Webster defines it to be, " that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state." Ethics is very good in connection with politics. But then Webster, it must be remembered, was simply...

...every way (except holding the higher offices). What is politics? Let me give Webster's definition : "The regulation and government of a nation or State,...preservation of its safety, peace and prosperity ; the defence of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength...

...really known the meaning of the word politics. This word is defined by Webster, as follows: • 1 . " The science of government, that part of ethics which...of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources and the protection of its citizens in their...

..." is expressed in the following terms : It is " the science of government, that part of ethics that has to do with the regulation and government of a...preservation of its safety, peace and prosperity ; the defence of its existence and rights against foreign domination or conquest, the augmentation of its...

...our civic system, state and local, as well as national. Politics used to mean, according to Webster, "The science of government. That part of ethics which...preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity." Now it has come to mean "artful management to secure the success of a party scheme." Politicians have...

...dictionary, in accordance with the views of the great Greek thinkers from whom we have the word, as " that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a state." Enlightened men are rapidly coming to see that political economy must be defined as that part...

...definition of the word politics from the dictionary of Noah Webster, of West Hartford, Connecticut. He says: "The science of government; that part of ethics which...of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in...