Theodore Roosevelt, Patriot and Statesman: The True Story of an Ideal AmericanP. W. Ziegler & Company [c1902], 1902 - 526 pages |
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Page 47
... wished to enjoy their brief space of political life they would have to make it a rule never to consider , in deciding how to vote on any question , how their vote would affect their own political prospects . " But the people had ...
... wished to enjoy their brief space of political life they would have to make it a rule never to consider , in deciding how to vote on any question , how their vote would affect their own political prospects . " But the people had ...
Page 80
... wished to be acquainted with every phase of the country's life . Of course there are plenty of hard characters among cow - boys , he admits , but scarcely more than among lumbermen , and the like ; only , the cow - boys are so ready ...
... wished to be acquainted with every phase of the country's life . Of course there are plenty of hard characters among cow - boys , he admits , but scarcely more than among lumbermen , and the like ; only , the cow - boys are so ready ...
Page 116
... wished to take the boys in out of the cold to warm their toes , ' thereby meaning that he wished to distribute offices among the more active ' heelers , ' to the rapturous enthusiasm of the latter , he uttered a sentiment which was ...
... wished to take the boys in out of the cold to warm their toes , ' thereby meaning that he wished to distribute offices among the more active ' heelers , ' to the rapturous enthusiasm of the latter , he uttered a sentiment which was ...
Page 121
... wished the offices to be distributed as they had been ever since Andrew Jackson became President . In con- sequence , the offices outside the protection of the law have still been treated under every administration as patronage , to be ...
... wished the offices to be distributed as they had been ever since Andrew Jackson became President . In con- sequence , the offices outside the protection of the law have still been treated under every administration as patronage , to be ...
Page 137
... wished , but when he left that office he was the friend of every honest man in the department , and the New York police force was nearer what it should be than ever it was before . Theodore Roosevelt was safe in that office , and none ...
... wished , but when he left that office he was the friend of every honest man in the department , and the New York police force was nearer what it should be than ever it was before . Theodore Roosevelt was safe in that office , and none ...
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Theodore Roosevelt, Patriot and Statesman; The True Story of an Ideal ... Robert Cornelius Meyers No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 473 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness...
Page 352 - There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build, and keep at a pitch of the highest training, a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.
Page 393 - NEARER, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
Page 455 - 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. It is in no wise intended as hostile to any nation in the Old World. Still less is it intended to give cover to any aggression by one New World power at the expense of any other. It is simply a step, and a long step, toward assuring the universal peace of the world by securing the possibility of permanent peace on this...
Page 445 - First, we should aim to exclude absolutely not only all persons who are known to be believers in anarchistic principles or members of anarchistic societies, but also all persons who are of a low moral tendency or of unsavory reputation.
Page 456 - This doctrine has nothing to do with the commercial relations of any American power, save that it in truth allows each of them to form such as it desires. . . . 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 468 - 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.
Page 589 - Combinations of capital and of labor are the results of the economic movement of the age, but neither must be permitted to infringe upon the rights and interests of the people. Such combinations, when lawfully formed for lawful purposes, are alike entitled to the protection of the laws, but both are subject to the laws and neither can be permitted to break them.
Page 369 - My fellow-citizens, trade statistics indicate that this country is in a state of unexampled prosperity. The figures are almost appalling. They show that we are utilizing our fields and forests and mines, and that we are furnishing profitable employment to the millions of workingmen throughout the United States, bringing comfort and happiness to their homes, and making it possible to lay by savings for old age and disability. That all the people are participating in this great prosperity is seen in...
Page 451 - No single great material work which remains to be undertaken on this continent is of such consequence to the American people as the building of a canal across the Isthmus connecting North and South America. Its importance to the Nation is by no means limited merely to its material effects upon our business prosperity ; and yet with view to these effects alone it would be to the last degree important for us immediately to begin it. While its beneficial effects would perhaps be most marked upon the...