Theodore Roosevelt: The Logic of His CareerHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 245 pages |
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... even a finished sketch of his life . It is a record of my personal impressions , fortified by such facts as would seem to justify my conclusions , and with no THEODORE STAN ROOSEVELT FROM THE TIME OF HIS GOING TO COLLEGE IN 1876.
... even a finished sketch of his life . It is a record of my personal impressions , fortified by such facts as would seem to justify my conclusions , and with no THEODORE STAN ROOSEVELT FROM THE TIME OF HIS GOING TO COLLEGE IN 1876.
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... fact that Roosevelt showed no desire to continue in poli- tics . The usual course , if he had cared for a polit- ical career , would have been to go to Congress as he had opportunities to do , but he turned 14 THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
... fact that Roosevelt showed no desire to continue in poli- tics . The usual course , if he had cared for a polit- ical career , would have been to go to Congress as he had opportunities to do , but he turned 14 THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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... fact that these statements were not in the nature of bids for the nomination , or of pledges by me , and that you made no effort to exact any pledges , but that they were statements which I freely made when you asked me what my position ...
... fact that these statements were not in the nature of bids for the nomination , or of pledges by me , and that you made no effort to exact any pledges , but that they were statements which I freely made when you asked me what my position ...
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... facts of a business that are essentially private , but the State , for the protection of the public , should exercise the ... fact is that while Roose- velt was a reformer , he was not one of those unpractical persons who railed at the ...
... facts of a business that are essentially private , but the State , for the protection of the public , should exercise the ... fact is that while Roose- velt was a reformer , he was not one of those unpractical persons who railed at the ...
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... fact is that the delegates to the National Convention at Philadelphia , without much re- gard to the wishes of any one , wanted Roosevelt . As one of the Southern delegates said , " We want a candidate we can yell for . " And so the ...
... fact is that the delegates to the National Convention at Philadelphia , without much re- gard to the wishes of any one , wanted Roosevelt . As one of the Southern delegates said , " We want a candidate we can yell for . " And so the ...
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Page 20 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Page 178 - I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education.
Page 201 - I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life...
Page 201 - Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Page 170 - The leader for the time being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument, to be used until broken and then to be cast aside; and if he is worth his salt, he will care no more when he is broken than a soldier cares when he is sent where his life is forfeit in order that the victory may be won. In the long fight for righteousness the watchword for all of us is, Spend and be spent.
Page 9 - No spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in its playing nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair.
Page 216 - It may be said in a general way that the police power extends to all the great public needs. It may be put forth in aid of what is sanctioned by usage, or held by the prevailing morality of strong and preponderant opinion to be greatly and immediately necessary to the public welfare.
Page 80 - I am President of all the people of the United States, without regard to creed, color, birthplace, occupation, or social condition. My aim is to do equal and exact justice as among them all. In the employment and dismissal of men in the Government service, I can no more recognize the fact that a man does or does not belong to a union as being for or against him...
Page 177 - Our judges are as honest as other men, and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps.
Page 56 - The common law includes those principles, usages, and rules of action, applicable to the government and security of person and property, which do not rest for their authority upon any express and positive declaration of the will of the legislature.