The Roosevelt Doctrine: Being the Personal Utterances of the President on Various Matters of Vital Interest, Authoritatively Arranged for Reference in Their Logical Sequence; a Brief Summary of the Principles of American Citizenship and GovernmentR. G. Cooke, 1904 - 181 pages |
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... importance . In the whole world there is probably no other ruler , cer- tainly no other ruler under free institutions ... important officer , at least , compared with the President of the United States . In England the sovereign has much ...
... importance . In the whole world there is probably no other ruler , cer- tainly no other ruler under free institutions ... important officer , at least , compared with the President of the United States . In England the sovereign has much ...
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... important legislative functions , and the upper branch of the national legislature shares with the President one of the most important of his executive functions ; that is , the President can either sign or veto the bills passed by ...
... important legislative functions , and the upper branch of the national legislature shares with the President one of the most important of his executive functions ; that is , the President can either sign or veto the bills passed by ...
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... individuals in the ser- vice . His direct power lies over the heads of the departments , bureaus , and more important offices . But he does not appoint these by himself . His 12 The Presidency Lynching General Wood Tariff Navy.
... individuals in the ser- vice . His direct power lies over the heads of the departments , bureaus , and more important offices . But he does not appoint these by himself . His 12 The Presidency Lynching General Wood Tariff Navy.
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... important and laborious of his executive duties . Of course they all advise him on matters of general policy when he so desires it , and in practice each Cabinet officer has a very free hand in managing his own department , and must ...
... important and laborious of his executive duties . Of course they all advise him on matters of general policy when he so desires it , and in practice each Cabinet officer has a very free hand in managing his own department , and must ...
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... important to the nation as it is to the average household , and the President is the man to whom the nation looks and whom it holds accountable in the matter both of expenditure and of revenue . It is an entirely mistaken belief that ...
... important to the nation as it is to the average household , and the President is the man to whom the nation looks and whom it holds accountable in the matter both of expenditure and of revenue . It is an entirely mistaken belief that ...
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Page 120 - 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.
Page 49 - It is no limitation upon property rights or freedom of contract to require that when men receive from government the privilege of doing business under" corporate form, which frees them from individual responsibility, and enables them to call into their enterprises the capital of the public, they shall do so upon absolutely truthful representations as to the value of the property in which the capital is to be invested.
Page 103 - American ships is greater than is the case abroad; that the wages paid the officers and seamen are very much higher than those paid the officers and seamen of foreign competing countries; and that the standard of living on our ships is far superior to the standard of living on the ships of our commercial rivals.
Page 63 - Colombia's consent, for the protection of the transit, has disclaimed any duty to defend the Colombian Government against domestic insurrection or against the erection of an independent government on the Isthmus of Panama. The attacks against which the United States engaged to protect New Granadian sovereignty were those of foreign powers; but this engagement was only a means to the accomplishment of a yet more important end.
Page 128 - West various projects are well advanced towards the drawing up of contracts, these being delayed in part by necessities of reaching agreements or understanding as regards rights of way or acquisition of real estate. Most of the works contemplated for construction are of national importance, involving interstate questions or the securing of stable, self-supporting communities in the midst of vast tracts of vacant land. The Nation as a whole is of course the gainer by the creation of these homes, adding...
Page 93 - The work of upbuilding the Navy must be steadily continued. No one point of our policy, foreign or domestic, is more important than this to the honor and material welfare, and above all to the peace, of our nation in the future.
Page 131 - ... manufactured articles will stimulate industrial production, while wider home markets and the trade of Asia will consume the larger food supplies and effectually prevent Western competition with Eastern agriculture. Indeed, the products of irrigation will be consumed chiefly in upbuilding local centres of mining and other industries, which would otherwise not come into existence at all.
Page 61 - 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...
Page 116 - The navyyards and postal service illustrate, probably better than any other branches of the Government, the great gain in economy, efficiency, and honesty due to the enforcement of this principle.
Page 141 - Many of them need special protection because of the great injury done by live stock, above all by sheep. The increase in deer, elk, and other animals in the Yellowstone Park shows what may be expected when other mountain forests are properly protected by law and properly guarded. Some of these areas have been so denuded of surface vegetation by overgrazing that the ground breeding birds, including grouse and quail, and many mammals, including deer, have been exterminated or driven away.