Seton. 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... Roosevelt: A Study in Ambivalence - Page 122by George Sylvester Viereck - 1919 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
| New York (State). Board of Charities - 1919 - 886 pages
...being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument, to be used until broken and then to be cast aside; * * * In the long fight for righteousness the watchword for all of us is, ' spend and be spent.' It is a little matter whether any one man fails or succeeds; but the cause shall not fail, for it is the... | |
| Theodore Roosevelt - 1905 - 498 pages
...it more. "Farewell, O rare American." New York Tribune, January 8, 1919. Hatrhmnrfo. "The leader for the time being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument...righteousness the watchword for all of us is, SPEND AND BE~SPENT. It is a little matter whether any one man fails or succeeds ; but the cause shall not fail,... | |
| 1912 - 350 pages
...expressed in the following paragraph from a speech by one of the great leaders of to-day; "The leader for the time being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument,...fight for righteousness the watchword for all of us is spent and be spent. It is of little matter whether any one man fails or succeeds ; but the cause shall... | |
| Arthur Coleman Comey - 1912 - 498 pages
...time being, whoever he ma)' be, is but an instrument, to be used until broken and then to be £ast aside; and if he is worth his salt he will care no...fight for righteousness the watchword for all of us is spent and be spent. It is'" of little matter whether any one man fails or succeeds ; but the cause... | |
| Theodore Roosevelt - 1913 - 354 pages
...forfeit in order that the victory may be won. 'In the long fight for righteousness, the.watch,word for all of us is spend and be spent.) It is of little matter whether any one man fails oK succeeds ; but the cause shall not fail, for it is the cause of mankind. We, here in America, hold... | |
| 1920 - 452 pages
...known statement, "Public office is a public trust." Also, to the words of a next succeeding president, "In the long fight for righteousness, the watchword for all of us is "spend and be spent." "These," said Mr. Cortelyou, "are the words of great men: great citizens; great presidents and great... | |
| Lyman Pierson Powell, Fred B. Hodgins - 1919 - 236 pages
...the command issued to all public servants earlier by another President, who once said: The leader for the time being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument,...watchword for all of us is, spend and be spent. It is a little matter whether any one man fails or succeeds; but the cause shall not fail, for it is the... | |
| Ferdinand Cowle Iglehart - 1919 - 478 pages
...mentioned by Mr. Roosevelt in a speech made in Carnegie Hall in 1912, which is as follows : "The leader for the time being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument,...the watchword for all of us is, spend and be spent. Tt is a little matter whether any one man fails or succeeds; but the cause shall not fail, for it is... | |
| Frederick E. Drinker, Jay Henry Mowbray - 1919 - 532 pages
...built the Panama Canal after two hundred years of conversation." " I '11 hew them hip and thigh ! ' ' "In the long fight for righteousness, the watchword for all of us is 'spend and be spent.' It is a little matter whether any one man fails or succeeds; the cause shall not fail, for it is the cause... | |
| New York (State). Legislature - 1919 - 1034 pages
...whoever lie may be, is but an instrument,, to be used until broken and then to be cast aside; * * * In the long fight for righteousness the watchword for all of us is, ' spend and be spent.' It is a little matter whether any one man fails or succeeds; but the cause shall not fail, for it is the... | |
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