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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... whole cause of education . And you can succeed and will succeed if you work in the spirit of the words and the deeds of Dr. Harper and of those men , whom I have known so well , who are in your faculity today . " At 7 o'clock in the ...
... whole cause of education . And you can succeed and will succeed if you work in the spirit of the words and the deeds of Dr. Harper and of those men , whom I have known so well , who are in your faculity today . " At 7 o'clock in the ...
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... In the interest of the whole people the Na- tion should , without interfering with the power of the States in the matter , itself also assume power of supervision and regulation over all cor- porations doing 68 ROOSEVELT AMONG THE PEOPLE.
... In the interest of the whole people the Na- tion should , without interfering with the power of the States in the matter , itself also assume power of supervision and regulation over all cor- porations doing 68 ROOSEVELT AMONG THE PEOPLE.
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... whole , and not with refer- ence to the temporary needs of any political party . It is almost as necessary that our policy should be stable as that it should be wise . A nation like ours could not long stand the ruin- ous policy of ...
... whole , and not with refer- ence to the temporary needs of any political party . It is almost as necessary that our policy should be stable as that it should be wise . A nation like ours could not long stand the ruin- ous policy of ...
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... which the Nation as a whole has acquiesced , and yet wherever and whenever necessary to change the duties in particular paragraphs or schedules as matters of legislative detail , if such change is demanded 100 ROOSEVELT AMONG THE PEOPLE.
... which the Nation as a whole has acquiesced , and yet wherever and whenever necessary to change the duties in particular paragraphs or schedules as matters of legislative detail , if such change is demanded 100 ROOSEVELT AMONG THE PEOPLE.
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... whole . In making any readjustment there are certain important considerations which can not be dis- regarded . If a tariff law has on the whole worked well , and if business has prospered un- der it and is prospering , it may be better ...
... whole . In making any readjustment there are certain important considerations which can not be dis- regarded . If a tariff law has on the whole worked well , and if business has prospered un- der it and is prospering , it may be better ...
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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.