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Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

“We face the future with our past and our present as guarantors of our promises; and we are content to stand or to fall by the record which we have made and are making.”

Book:Works: Presidential addresses and state papers, Dec. 3, 1901, June 1910, and European addresses. 8 v

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Works: Presidential addresses and state papers, Dec. 3, 1901, June 1910, and European addresses. 8 v

The book is a comprehensive compilation of speeches and official documents from the early 20th century, showcasing the political and diplomatic discourse of the time. It covers a range of topics and issues pertinent to the era, reflecting the policies and perspectives of the presidency during that period. more

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. A progressive leader, he is known for his advocacy of the conservation movement, expansion of federal government regulation, and efforts to improve the lives of American citizens. more

“In every community there are little knots of fantastic extremists who loudly proclaim that they are striving for righteousness, and who, in reality, do their feeble best for unrighteousness. Just as the upright politician should hold in peculiar scorn the man who makes the name of politician a reproach and a shame, so the genuine reformer should realize that the cause he champions is especially jeopardized by the mock reformer who does what he can to make reform a laughingstock among decent men.”

Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

“There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of the problems before us nor fearing to approach these problems with the unbending, unflinching purpose to solve them aright.”

Should Reason Problem Faces Purpose Approach Solve Reason Why Hiding Gravity

Book:The Roosevelt Policy: Speeches, Letters and State Papers, Relating to Corporate Wealth and Closely Allied Topics, of Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States

Source: The Roosevelt Policy: Speeches, Letters and State Papers, Relating to Corporate Wealth and Closely Allied Topics, of Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States

“There is no reason why people should not call themselves Cubists, or Octagonists, or Parallelopipedonists, orKnights oftheIsoscelesTriangle, or Brothers of the Cosine, if they so desire; as expressing anything serious and permanent, one term is as fatuous as another.”

People Ifs Should Reason Desire Term Serious Brother Permanent Reason Why No Reason

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“Should the Catholic Church find itself discriminated against by the Obama administration on key delivery of services because of the bias and the bigotry of the administration?”

Should Church Keys Catholic Administration Bigotry Bias Catholic Church Delivery

Author:Newt Gingrich

“A revolution is sometimes necessary, but if revolutions become habitual the country in which they take place is going down-hill”

Ifs Country Sometimes Revolution Hills Habitual

Book:The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

“To permit every lawless capitalist, every law-defying corporation, to take any action, no matter how iniquitous, in the effort to secure an improper profit and to build up privilege, would be ruinous to the Republic and would mark the abandonment of the effort to secure in the industrial world the spirit of democratic fair dealing.”