Francis John McConnell
Francis John McConnell
Francis John McConnellwas an American social reformer and a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1912...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth18 August 1871
CountryUnited States of America
destiny self ideas
We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us..... The old "manifest destiny" idea ought to be modified so that each nation has the manifest destiny to do the best it can - and that without cant, without the assumption of self-righteousness and with a desire to learn to the uttermost from other nations.
war ideas america
We must get away from the idea that America is to be the leader of the world in everything.