Addresses and Presidential Messages of Theodore Roosevelt, 1902-1904G.P. Putman's Sons, 1904 - 485 pages |
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... Our critics abroad and at home have insisted that we never intended to leave the island . But on the 20th of next month Cuba becomes a free republic , and we turn over to the islanders the control of their own government . 6 ADDRESSES.
... Our critics abroad and at home have insisted that we never intended to leave the island . But on the 20th of next month Cuba becomes a free republic , and we turn over to the islanders the control of their own government . 6 ADDRESSES.
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... become such - not occasionally but persistently - that the mass of the people do what is unwholesome , what is wrong , then the republic cannot stand , I care not how good its laws , I care not what marvellous mechanism its Constitution ...
... become such - not occasionally but persistently - that the mass of the people do what is unwholesome , what is wrong , then the republic cannot stand , I care not how good its laws , I care not what marvellous mechanism its Constitution ...
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... becomes international in its bearings . But a great deal can be done in various ways even now— a great deal is being done , and a great deal more can be done - if we see that the power is lodged somewhere to do it . On the whole , our ...
... becomes international in its bearings . But a great deal can be done in various ways even now— a great deal is being done , and a great deal more can be done - if we see that the power is lodged somewhere to do it . On the whole , our ...
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... become a torrent . There was no particular need at that time of bothering as to whether the Nation or the State had ... becoming a single corporation . Now I want laws that will enable us to deal SYMPHONY HALL , BOSTON 23.
... become a torrent . There was no particular need at that time of bothering as to whether the Nation or the State had ... becoming a single corporation . Now I want laws that will enable us to deal SYMPHONY HALL , BOSTON 23.
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... becomes indif- ferent to the law - making body ; and in the next place , the law - making body gets into that most pernicious custom of passing a law not with reference to what will be done under it , but with reference to its effects ...
... becomes indif- ferent to the law - making body ; and in the next place , the law - making body gets into that most pernicious custom of passing a law not with reference to what will be done under it , but with reference to its effects ...
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Page 153 - An act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes.
Page 225 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor swom deceitfully.
Page 427 - An act to provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
Page 356 - Every man must be guaranteed his liberty and his right to do as he likes with his property or his labor, so long as he does not infringe upon the rights of others.
Page 322 - States. .. .The Monroe Doctrine is a declaration that there must be no territorial aggrandizement by any non-American power at the expense of any American power on American soil. It is in no wise intended as hostile to any nation in the 0ld World.
Page 425 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control...
Page 292 - ... has meant a startling increase, not merely in the aggregate of wealth, but in the number of very large individual, and especially of very large corporate, fortunes. The creation of these great corporate fortunes has not been due to the tariff nor to any other governmental action, but to natural causes in the business world, operating in other countries as they operate in our own.
Page 118 - We do not guarantee any state against punishment if it misconducts itself, provided that punishment does not take the form of the acquisition of territory by any non-American power.
Page 118 - In other words, the Monroe Doctrine is a declaration that there must be no territorial aggrandizement by any nonAmerican power at the expense of any American power on American soil.
Page 328 - The American people must either build and maintain an adequate navy or else make up their minds definitely to accept a secondary position in international affairs, not merely in political but in commercial matters. It has been well said that there is no surer way of courting national disaster than to be "opulent, aggressive, and unarmed.