“The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day.” ShouldSaidRealSoulPoliticalSpeakLinesPartyLibertyIssuesElementsPrivilegeLibertarianBossControlledDividedArtificialDaringLibertarianismSpeaks Out Book:Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“A party should not contain utterly incongruous elements, radically divided on the real issues, and acting together only on false and dead issues insincerely painted as real and vital. It should not in the several States as well as in the Nation be prostituted to the service of the baser type of political boss. It should be so composed that there should be a reasonable agreement in the actions taken by it both in the Nation and in the several States. Judged by these standards, both of the old parties break down.” ShouldWellsRealStatesActionTogetherPoliticalNationsPartyActingBreakIssuesTakenTypeElementsStandardsReasonableAgreementBossDividedJudgedBreaking DownActing Together Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“The bosses of the Democratic party and the bosses of the Republican party alike have a closer grip than ever before on the party machines in the States and in the Nation. This crooked control of both the old parties by the beneficiaries of political and business privilege renders it hopeless to expect any far-reaching and fundamental service from either.” StatesPoliticalNationsPartyRepublicanMachinesFundamentalsDemocraticPrivilegeReachingBossHopelessRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyCrookedBeneficiaries Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify our own selves with the jobs we do: "What do you do?" is the first question we ask each other at parties, as if a job title could express a fundamental truth about our personality.” IfsFirstsSelfSeemsJobsAsksPartyPersonalityFundamentalsBoundsThese DaysTitlesBossJob Titles Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Besides, there is more that binds us to Bolshevism than separates us from it. There is, above all, genuine, revolutionary feeling, which is alive everywhere in Russia except where there are Jewish Marxists. I have always made allowance for this circumstance, and given orders that former Communists are to be admitted to the party at once. The petit bourgeois Social-Democrat and the trade-union boss will never make a National Socialist, but the Communist always will.” MadeFeelingsOrderGivenSocialPartyAliveCircumstancesTradeUnionsDemocratRussiaGenuineFormerRevolutionaryBossCommunistSocialistBourgeoisMarxistAllowanceTrade UnionsBolshevism Author:Adolf Hitler
“The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.” PeopleWorldGovernmentCareInterestPartyCitiesIssuesSpecialHonestNew YorkDeserveIndependentFocusedBeing HonestBossNew York CityNew YorkersMayorsSpecial Interests Author:Sal Albanese