Roosevelt Among the People: Being an Account of the Fourteen Thousand Mile Journey from Ocean to Ocean of Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth President of the United States. Together Wih the Public Speeches Made by Him During the JourneyL. W. Walter Company, 1910 - 314 pages |
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... benefit , as well as for the benefit of their fellows , in material ways , that the sum of the national prosperity is great . But that alone does not make true greatness or any- thing approaching true greatness . It is only the ...
... benefit , as well as for the benefit of their fellows , in material ways , that the sum of the national prosperity is great . But that alone does not make true greatness or any- thing approaching true greatness . It is only the ...
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... benefit and not the detriment of the adjacent American re- publics . After considerably more than half of a century these objects have been exactly fulfilled by the legislation and treaties of the last two years . Two years ago we were ...
... benefit and not the detriment of the adjacent American re- publics . After considerably more than half of a century these objects have been exactly fulfilled by the legislation and treaties of the last two years . Two years ago we were ...
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... benefit of the entire world . About the same time trouble arose in connec- tion with the Republic of Venezuela because of certain wrongs alleged to have been committed , and debts overdue , by this Republic to citizens of 38 ROOSEVELT ...
... benefit of the entire world . About the same time trouble arose in connec- tion with the Republic of Venezuela because of certain wrongs alleged to have been committed , and debts overdue , by this Republic to citizens of 38 ROOSEVELT ...
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... benefit of our sister republics whose strength is less . Our growth , therefore , is beneficial to human kind in general . We do not intend to assume any posi- tion which can give just offense to our neighbors . Our adherence to the ...
... benefit of our sister republics whose strength is less . Our growth , therefore , is beneficial to human kind in general . We do not intend to assume any posi- tion which can give just offense to our neighbors . Our adherence to the ...
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... not by injuring our people , but as an incident to the conferring of great benefits upon the community , and this , no matter what may have been the conscious purpose of those amassing them 65 ROOSEVELT AMONG THE PEOPLE.
... not by injuring our people , but as an incident to the conferring of great benefits upon the community , and this , no matter what may have been the conscious purpose of those amassing them 65 ROOSEVELT AMONG THE PEOPLE.
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Page 37 - It is agreed, however, that none of the immediately foregoing conditions and stipulations in sections numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this article shall apply to measures which the United States may find it necessary to take for securing by its own forces, the defense of the United States and the maintenance of public order.
Page 43 - 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 40 - 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.
Page 124 - 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 drivingwheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 43 - Berlin, conveyed personally to the President the assurance of the German Emperor that His Majesty's Government had no purpose or intention to make even the smallest acquisition of territory on the South American Continent or the islands adjacent. This voluntary and friendly declaration was afterwards repeated to the Secretary of State, and was received by the President and the people of the United States in the frank and cordial spirit in which it was offered. In the memorandum of the...
Page 124 - In the end an admirable law was passed "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 drivingwheel brakes.
Page 175 - Pacific, which in that day was known as Louisiana. This immense region was admittedly the territory of a foreign power, of a European kingdom. None of our people had ever laid claim to a foot of it. Its acquisition could in no sense be treated as rounding out any existing claims. When we acquired it we made evident once for all that consciously and of set purpose we had embarked on a career of expansion, that we had taken our place among those daring and hardy nations who risk much with the hope...
Page 48 - 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 99 - What we really need in this country is to treat the tariff as a business proposition from the standpoint of the interests of the country as a whole, and not from the standpoint of the temporary needs of any political party. It surely ought not to be necessary to dwell upon the extreme unwisdom, from a business standpoint, from the standpoint of national prosperity, of violent and radical changes amounting to the direct upsetting of tariff policies at intervals...
Page 48 - Speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far.' If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble; and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power.