#presidency — Public Fediverse posts
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Did You Tell Them to Rescue the Kidnapped? Nigeria’s Politicians, Generals and the Confusion Between Policy and Operations by Lawson Akhigbe
There are some moments in political history that survive long after the politicians involved have left office. Not because of a great speech. Not because of a great policy. But because somebody asked a very simple question and refused to let it escape through the nearest political fire exit. -
A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
We hold that our loyalty is due solely to the American Republic, and to all our public servants exactly in proportion as they efficiently and faithfully serve the Republic. Our opponents, in flat contradiction of Lincoln’s position, hold that our loyalty is due to the President, not the country; to one man, the servant of the people, instead of to the people themselves. In practice they adopt the fetishism of all believers in absolutism; for every man who parrots the cry of “stand by the President,” without adding the proviso “so far as he serves the Republic” takes an attitude as essentially unmanly as that of any Stuart Royalist who championed the doctrine that the King could do no wrong. No self-respecting and intelligent freeman can take such an attitude.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1918-05), “Lincoln and Free Speech,” Metropolitan Magazine, Vol. 47, No. 6More info about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/7…
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Ian Hislop and Private Eye are getting better every day! This might seem uncomfortably close to home for Zuckerberg and the other billionaires suddenly sucking up to Trump. -
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Ian Hislop (editor of “Private Eye”) calls out Elon Musk and his billionaire friends and absolutely nails it. Regarding his take on their morality, I’ve been saying the same thing for years. They’d sell their grandmothers for the sake of profit.
