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Charles Edward Merriam [1874-1954] American
Rank: 108
Educator, Political Scientist


Charles Edward Merriam, Jr. was a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, founder of the behavioralistic approach to political science, a prominent intellectual in the Progressive Movement, and an advisor to several U.S. Presidents.


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Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America.
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It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.
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If nothing is to be done in the given situation, he must invent plausible reasons for doing nothing; and if something must be done, he must suggest the something. The unpardonable sin is to propose nothing, when action is imperative.
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