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The Duty of the Individual 93 2. Practical Politics 102 3. Political Morality 112 4.
Realizable Ideals 127 III . JUST GOVERNMENT - THE BASIS OF NATIONAL
UNITY 1. Government and Business 132 2. Labor Unions 154 3. The Judiciary
158 4.
The Duty of the Individual 93 2. Practical Politics 102 3. Political Morality 112 4.
Realizable Ideals 127 III . JUST GOVERNMENT - THE BASIS OF NATIONAL
UNITY 1. Government and Business 132 2. Labor Unions 154 3. The Judiciary
158 4.
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Our frontiers were pushed westward by the warlike skill and adventurous
personal prowess of the individual settlers ; regular armies by themselves could
have done little . For one square mile the regular armies added to our domain ,
the ...
Our frontiers were pushed westward by the warlike skill and adventurous
personal prowess of the individual settlers ; regular armies by themselves could
have done little . For one square mile the regular armies added to our domain ,
the ...
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It is the merest truism to say that the nation rests upon the individual , upon the
family - upon individual manliness and womanliness , using the words in their
widest and fullest meaning . To be a good husband or good wife , a good
neighbor ...
It is the merest truism to say that the nation rests upon the individual , upon the
family - upon individual manliness and womanliness , using the words in their
widest and fullest meaning . To be a good husband or good wife , a good
neighbor ...
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The training of an individual so as to fit him to do good work in the world is a
matter of years ; just as the training of a nation to fit it successfully to fulfill the
duties of self - government is a matter , not of a decade or two , but of generations
.
The training of an individual so as to fit him to do good work in the world is a
matter of years ; just as the training of a nation to fit it successfully to fulfill the
duties of self - government is a matter , not of a decade or two , but of generations
.
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Nobody can " give ” a people “ self - government , any more than it is possible to "
give " an individual “ self - help . ” You know that the Arab proverb runs , " God
helps those who help themselves . " In the long run , the only permanent way by ...
Nobody can " give ” a people “ self - government , any more than it is possible to "
give " an individual “ self - help . ” You know that the Arab proverb runs , " God
helps those who help themselves . " In the long run , the only permanent way by ...
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| Title | The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches Volume 3 of Publications of the Roosevelt Memorial Association Volume 272 of Riverside literature series Issue 3 of Roosevelt memorial association |
| Author | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Editor | John Ashby Lester |
| Compiled by | Hermann Hagedorn |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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