The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The strenuous lifeP. F. Collier, 1901 - 19 pages V. 1, 2, 3, 4 -- The winning of the West. v. 5, 6 -- The naval war of 1812. v. 7 -- Hunting the grisly and other sketches. v. 8 -- The wilderness hunter. v. 9 -- Hunting trips of a ranchman; Hunting trips on the Prairies and in the mountains. v. 10 -- American ideals; Administration-civil service. v. 12 -- The strenuous life. v. 13, 14, 15, 16 -- Presidential addresses and state papers. |
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Page 56
... cials who inaugurate a " wide - open " policy are to be excused because a portion of the public likes vice ; that the men who jeer at philanthropy are to be excused because among philanthropists there are hypocrites , and among ...
... cials who inaugurate a " wide - open " policy are to be excused because a portion of the public likes vice ; that the men who jeer at philanthropy are to be excused because among philanthropists there are hypocrites , and among ...
Page 63
... cial and political ideals , and their nearness to real- ization , are not materially different from those of the most essentially American portions of our own land ; but this is not true of any European country of considerable size . It ...
... cial and political ideals , and their nearness to real- ization , are not materially different from those of the most essentially American portions of our own land ; but this is not true of any European country of considerable size . It ...
Page 75
... cially a rich man who merely desires to buy political promotion , may know absolutely nothing that is of value as to any but the basest side of the human nature with which his sphere of contact has been enlarged ; and , on the other ...
... cially a rich man who merely desires to buy political promotion , may know absolutely nothing that is of value as to any but the basest side of the human nature with which his sphere of contact has been enlarged ; and , on the other ...
Page 122
... cial corruption , and of course no man should hesi- tate to say as much . Again , an honest politician is entirely justified in promising on the stump that he will make no compromise on any question of right and wrong . This promise he ...
... cial corruption , and of course no man should hesi- tate to say as much . Again , an honest politician is entirely justified in promising on the stump that he will make no compromise on any question of right and wrong . This promise he ...
Page 238
... cially , as far as this doctrine is concerned , all we wish is a fair field and no favor ; but if we are wise we shall strenuously insist that under no pretext what- soever shall there be any territorial aggrandize- ment on American ...
... cially , as far as this doctrine is concerned , all we wish is a fair field and no favor ; but if we are wise we shall strenuously insist that under no pretext what- soever shall there be any territorial aggrandize- ment on American ...
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Page 229 - 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 2 - Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Page 3 - Let us, the children of the men who proved themselves equal to the mighty days, let us, the children of the men who carried the great Civil War to a triumphant conclusion, praise the God of our fathers that the ignoble counsels of peace were rejected; that the suffering and loss, the blackness of sorrow and despair, were unflinchingly faced, and the years of strife endured; for in the end the slave was freed, the Union restored, and the mighty American republic placed once more as a helmeted queen...
Page 42 - He said he could count on the fingers of one hand the number of times he had engaged in rectal intercourse. But his luck had been bad because one of those "fingers
Page 48 - No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. He is bound to do all the good possible. Yet he must consider the question of expediency, in order that he may do all the good possible, for otherwise he will do none. As soon as a politician gets to the point of thinking that...
Page 14 - In the same way, while a nation's first duty is within its own borders, it is not thereby absolved from facing its duties in the world as a whole; and if it refuses to do so, it merely forfeits its right to struggle for a place among the peoples that shape the destiny of mankind. In the West Indies and the Philippines alike we are confronted by most difficult problems. It is cowardly to shrink from solving them in the proper way; for solved they must be, if not by us, then by some stronger and more...
Page 234 - ... It is our duty toward the people living in barbarism to see that they are freed from their chains, and we can only free them by destroying barbarism itself. The missionary, the merchant, and the soldier may each have to play a part in this destruction, and in the consequent uplifting of the people. Exactly as it is the duty of a civilized power scrupulously to respect the rights of all weaker civilized powers and gladly to help those who are struggling toward civilization, so it is its duty to...
Page 6 - We can not sit huddled within our own borders and avow ourselves merely an assemblage of wellto-do hucksters who care nothing for what happens beyond. Such a policy would defeat even its own end ; for as the nations grow to have ever wider and wider interests, and are brought into closer and closer contact, if we are to hold our own in the struggle for naval and commercial supremacy, we must build up our power without our own borders. We must build the Isthmian Canal, and we must grasp...
Page 7 - The work must be done; we can not escape our responsibility ; and if we are worth our salt, we shall be glad of the chance to do the work — glad of the chance to show ourselves equal to one of the great tasks set modern civilization. But let us not deceive ourselves as to the importance of the task. Let us not be misled by vainglory into underestimating the strain it will put on our powers. Above all, let us, as we value our own self-respect, face the responsibilities with proper seriousness, courage,...