...tests of this campaign with dignity and determination. Part Three The Media, Character and Politics The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society — but onlv if they know where to stop raking the muck. President Theodore Roosevelt, 1906 The Media, Character...

...Capitol Hill office building in the spring of 1906. The assailants were "muckrakers," men and women who are often "indispensable to the well-being of society;...crown above them, to the crown of worthy endeavor.'" When Governor Bob La Follette came to the Senate after "restoring representative government in Wisconsin,"...

...barons Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rothermere, whose newspapers he called "engines of propaganda." 4 The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable...but only if they know when to stop raking the muck. Pride 1 He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud...

...square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have. 9610 not wood, you are not stones, but men; And, being...It will inflame you, it will make you mad. 10293 9591 Nine- tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time. 9612 I am only an average man, but. by...

...corruption in business and politics — originated with Theodore Roosevelt. In a 1906 speech, he said, "The men with the muckrakes are often indispensable...but only if they know when to stop raking the muck." The source of Roosevelt's muckrakers appears to be a character in John Bunyan's 1684 allegorical novel,...

...agreement with the Colombian rulers than you could nail currant jelly to a wall. Men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the well-being of society,...but only if they know when to stop raking the muck. C Speak softly and carry a Dig stick. You will go far. I'm feeling like a bull moose. The Vice Presidency...

...is make up our minds. Our Irresponsible Media ffhe men with the muck-rake are often indis/ pensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck. — Theodore Roosevelt When I was mayor of Brooklyn Park back in the early 1990s, I was a speaker for...

...business, government bureaus, or prominent individuals. —n. a rake for scraping and piling muck or dung: The men with the muckrakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society (Theodore Roosevelt). muck raker (muk'râ'ksr), n. a person, especially a journalist, who muckrakes....

...be done away with through one spasm of virtue. Speech at the City Club, New York City, May 9, 1899 The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable...crown above them, to the crown of worthy endeavor. "The Man with the Muck-rake," address at the laying of the cornerstone of the office building of the...

...you, from the President downwards, may date his downfall from that moment. —Charles Dickens, 1842 The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable...stop raking the muck, and to look upward to . .. the crown of worthy endeavor. —Theodore Roosevelt, 1906 You're not anybody in America unless you're on...