Theodore Roosevelt and His Time Shown in His Own Letters, Volume 2C. Scribner's Sons, 1920 |
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... vote of 71 to 3 , after it had been amended in a way that did not materially affect its character . Loud assertions were made in the so - called capitalistic press that the President had backed down in order to save himself from defeat ...
... vote of 71 to 3 , after it had been amended in a way that did not materially affect its character . Loud assertions were made in the so - called capitalistic press that the President had backed down in order to save himself from defeat ...
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... vote . As you know I believe in practical politics , and where possible , I always weigh well any action which may cost votes before I consent to take it ; but in a case like this , where the issue is not merely one of naked right and ...
... vote . As you know I believe in practical politics , and where possible , I always weigh well any action which may cost votes before I consent to take it ; but in a case like this , where the issue is not merely one of naked right and ...
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... vote is an important factor . But it was just one of those vital matters where I did not feel that I had any right to consider questions of political expediency , and still less of personal expediency . Do not misunderstand me . I ...
... vote is an important factor . But it was just one of those vital matters where I did not feel that I had any right to consider questions of political expediency , and still less of personal expediency . Do not misunderstand me . I ...
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... voting against the Blackburn amendment . Once this declaration was made , Foraker was left so completely without support that he actually came into line himself , and agreed to support an amendment a little stronger than the Blackburn ...
... voting against the Blackburn amendment . Once this declaration was made , Foraker was left so completely without support that he actually came into line himself , and agreed to support an amendment a little stronger than the Blackburn ...
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... vote in accordance with his instructions . To do otherwise would necessarily give rise to very un- pleasant comment , not only as regards the delegate himself but as regards the man for whom he voted . As a matter of fact , we will ...
... vote in accordance with his instructions . To do otherwise would necessarily give rise to very un- pleasant comment , not only as regards the delegate himself but as regards the man for whom he voted . As a matter of fact , we will ...
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Page 379 - The example of America must be the example not merely of peace because it will not fight, but of peace because peace is the healing and elevating influence of the world and strife is not. There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.
Page 418 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
Page 458 - Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.
Page 441 - Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
Page 417 - It would be accepted in humiliation, under duress, at an intolerable sacrifice, and would leave a sting, a resentment, a bitter memory upon which terms of peace would rest, not permanently, but only as upon quicksand. Only a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and a common participation in a common benefit.
Page 101 - ... have tended to produce a very unhealthy condition of excitement and irritation in the popular mind, which shows itself in part in the enormous increase in the socialistic propaganda.
Page 467 - There are those who are dissatisfied with me. To such I would say: You desire peace, and you blame me that we do not have it. But how can we attain it ? There are but three conceivable ways. First, to suppress the rebellion by force of arms. This I am trying to do. Are you...
Page 16 - ... courts would be most unwise. It is true that some judges have misused this power; but this does not justify a denial of the power any more than an improper exercise of the power to call a strike by a labor leader would justify the denial of the right to strike. The remedy is to regulate the procedure by requiring the judge to give due notice to the adverse parties before granting the writ, the hearing to be ex parte if the adverse party does not appear at the time and place ordered.
Page 66 - I determined on the move without consulting the Cabinet, precisely as I took Panama without consulting the Cabinet. A council of war never fights, and in a crisis the duty of a leader is to lead and not to take refuge behind the generally timid wisdom of a multitude of councillors.
Page 451 - Quentin's mother and I are very glad that he got to the front and had a chance to render some service to his country and to show the stuff there was in him before his fate befell him.