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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt
The most important factor in getting the right spirit in my Administration, next to the insistence upon courage, honesty, and a genuine democracy of desire to serve the plain people, was my insistence upon the theory that the executive power was limited only by specific restrictions and prohibitions appearing in the Constitution or imposed by the Congress under its Constitutional powers. My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin. I declined to adopt the view that what was imperatively necessary for the Nation could not be done by the President unless he could find some specific authorization to do it. My belief was that it was not only his right but his duty to do anything that the needs of the Nation demanded unless such action was forbidden by the Constitution or by the laws. Under this interpretation of executive power I did and caused to be done many things not previously done by the President and the heads of the departments. I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power. In other words, I acted for the public welfare, I acted for the common well-being of all our people, whenever and in whatever manner was necessary, unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 10 "The Presidency" (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #authority #Constitution #executivepower #government #legaltheory #limitsofpower #power #presidency #president
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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt
The most important factor in getting the right spirit in my Administration, next to the insistence upon courage, honesty, and a genuine democracy of desire to serve the plain people, was my insistence upon the theory that the executive power was limited only by specific restrictions and prohibitions appearing in the Constitution or imposed by the Congress under its Constitutional powers. My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin. I declined to adopt the view that what was imperatively necessary for the Nation could not be done by the President unless he could find some specific authorization to do it. My belief was that it was not only his right but his duty to do anything that the needs of the Nation demanded unless such action was forbidden by the Constitution or by the laws. Under this interpretation of executive power I did and caused to be done many things not previously done by the President and the heads of the departments. I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power. In other words, I acted for the public welfare, I acted for the common well-being of all our people, whenever and in whatever manner was necessary, unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 10 "The Presidency" (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #authority #Constitution #executivepower #government #legaltheory #limitsofpower #power #presidency #president
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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt
The most important factor in getting the right spirit in my Administration, next to the insistence upon courage, honesty, and a genuine democracy of desire to serve the plain people, was my insistence upon the theory that the executive power was limited only by specific restrictions and prohibitions appearing in the Constitution or imposed by the Congress under its Constitutional powers. My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin. I declined to adopt the view that what was imperatively necessary for the Nation could not be done by the President unless he could find some specific authorization to do it. My belief was that it was not only his right but his duty to do anything that the needs of the Nation demanded unless such action was forbidden by the Constitution or by the laws. Under this interpretation of executive power I did and caused to be done many things not previously done by the President and the heads of the departments. I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power. In other words, I acted for the public welfare, I acted for the common well-being of all our people, whenever and in whatever manner was necessary, unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 10 "The Presidency" (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #authority #Constitution #executivepower #government #legaltheory #limitsofpower #power #presidency #president
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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt
The most important factor in getting the right spirit in my Administration, next to the insistence upon courage, honesty, and a genuine democracy of desire to serve the plain people, was my insistence upon the theory that the executive power was limited only by specific restrictions and prohibitions appearing in the Constitution or imposed by the Congress under its Constitutional powers. My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin. I declined to adopt the view that what was imperatively necessary for the Nation could not be done by the President unless he could find some specific authorization to do it. My belief was that it was not only his right but his duty to do anything that the needs of the Nation demanded unless such action was forbidden by the Constitution or by the laws. Under this interpretation of executive power I did and caused to be done many things not previously done by the President and the heads of the departments. I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power. In other words, I acted for the public welfare, I acted for the common well-being of all our people, whenever and in whatever manner was necessary, unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 10 "The Presidency" (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #authority #Constitution #executivepower #government #legaltheory #limitsofpower #power #presidency #president
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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt
The most important factor in getting the right spirit in my Administration, next to the insistence upon courage, honesty, and a genuine democracy of desire to serve the plain people, was my insistence upon the theory that the executive power was limited only by specific restrictions and prohibitions appearing in the Constitution or imposed by the Congress under its Constitutional powers. My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin. I declined to adopt the view that what was imperatively necessary for the Nation could not be done by the President unless he could find some specific authorization to do it. My belief was that it was not only his right but his duty to do anything that the needs of the Nation demanded unless such action was forbidden by the Constitution or by the laws. Under this interpretation of executive power I did and caused to be done many things not previously done by the President and the heads of the departments. I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power. In other words, I acted for the public welfare, I acted for the common well-being of all our people, whenever and in whatever manner was necessary, unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 10 "The Presidency" (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #authority #Constitution #executivepower #government #legaltheory #limitsofpower #power #presidency #president
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/234146/ Presidency knocks Peter Obi over ‘one-term’ presidential vow #2027Election #APGA #BayoOnanuga #BolaTinubu #LabourParty #Nigeria #NigerianPolitics #PDP #PeterObi #PoliticalPromises #presidency
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https://www.europesays.com/es/549610/ Florentino Pérez responde a la carta de Enrique Riquelme: «En las elecciones del 2.000 yo no pedí más tiempo. Me presenté y gané» | Fútbol #AlbertoGardin #announcement #chairman #CiudadRealMadrid #club #ConferenceRoom #Deportes #elections #ES #España #executive #Football #institution #interview #management #May122026 #media #nurphoto #official #presentation #presidency #professional #RealMadrid #Spain #Spanish #Sports #statement
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/233011/ ActionSA lays criminal charges against Ramaphosa over Phala Phala claims #ActionSA #BelaBela #ConstitutionalCourt #CyrilRamaphosa #ealier #IolNews #IolPolitics #Limpopo #NationalAssembly #NationalProsecutingAuthority #opposition #Parliament #PhalaPhala #PhalaPhalaSaga #precca #presidency #PreventionAndCombatingOfCorruptActivitiesAct #republic #Rule129i #SandileNgcobo #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricans #ThokoDidiza #WitsSchoolOfLaw
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/230584/ ‘I felt betrayed’: Mapisa-Nqakula breaks silence on 2020 Zimbabwe ‘jolly ride’ saga #AfricanRenaissancePodcast #ANC #Cabinet #Covid19 #CyrilRamaphosa #DefenceForce #EconomicFreedomFighters #EmmersonMnangagwa #FikileMbalula #gauteng #Harare #IolPolitics #KrugerNationalPark #KwaZuluNatal #MapisaNqakula #MbuyiseniNdlozi #NationalAssembly #PaulMashatile #presidency #PublicProtector #SANDF #SimonMajadibodu@iolCoZa #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricanAirForce #ThandiModise #zimbabwe
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The time #Americans
accepted to lower the requirements of honesty, morality, integrity of the #Presidency to satisfy their racism,
they condemned the #Nation to ruin.The criminal stupidity of '#Presidential immunity' assured Disaster,
The economic, diplomatic collapse are obvious consequences
The loss of #Congress authority, the Tombstone for #Democracy and liberty.It all happened under the eyes and scrutiny of the 'We the People'
who let it happenit was a #National suicide > voluntary.
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/221796/ Presidency defends Ramaphosa’s visit to Zimbabwe #CyrilRamaphosa #DadaMorero #EmmersonMnangagwa #NationalTreasury #presidency #PresidentialJohannesburgWorkingGroup #ProcurementReform #PublicFinanceManagementAct #SouthAfricanPoliceService #VincentMagwenya #WaterSector #WicknellChivayo #xenophobia #zimbabwe
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#Democrat #ChedrickGreene beats #Republican #JasonTunney in a #Saginaw area special #election in #Michigan
Meaning:
The Michigan State #Senate will be 20-18 in favor of the Democrats, rather than a tie
"Who cares, #Trump is the problem"
On the contrary, the #presidency is just a capstone on a huge system, and when we take our eye off the little #elections, we get a systemic rot that leads to someone like Trump
#Vote. Especially the #primaries. It all matters
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https://www.europesays.com/people/58541/ Obama: Netanyahu Used Same Iran War Pitch on Me, Trump #a #arguments #Barack #Benjamin #BenjaminNetanyahu #Donald #during #former #him #his #Iran #Islam #Israeli #later #Launch #Me #Minister #Netanyahu #Obama #Occupation #on #persuade #Pitch #presented #presidency #President #Prime #repeatedly #same #similar #stated #that #those #Times #to #tried #Trump #US #used #using #war
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Title : "#MAGA Voters Now ADMIT KAMALA Was a Better Option"
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really ?
and to realize this #MAGAs had to elect a perverted criminal fraudster to the #Presidency ?
EVERYTHING that was already known about #Trump wasn't enough?
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MAGAs... you voted Trump for #RACISM, what you did NOT expect
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Title : "#MAGA Voters Now ADMIT KAMALA Was a Better Option"
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really ?
and to realize this #MAGAs had to elect a perverted criminal fraudster to the #Presidency ?
EVERYTHING that was already known about #Trump wasn't enough?
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MAGAs... you voted Trump for #RACISM, what you did NOT expect
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Trump says US has ‘a shot’ at crewed Moon landing before presidency ends
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=trump-says-us-has-a-shot-at-crewed-moon-landing-before-presidency-ends
<p>US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he believes NASA has a good chance of returning astronauts
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Trump says US has ‘a shot’ at crewed Moon landing before presidency ends
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=trump-says-us-has-a-shot-at-crewed-moon-landing-before-presidency-ends
<p>US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he believes NASA has a good chance of returning astronauts
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Trump gives: ● #Democracy ● #Business ● #Golf ● The #Presidency ● The United States of America A BAD NAME Call congress www.congress.gov/members/find... STOP THE MADNESS-STOP THE WAR ! #ICE #Epstein #Democracy #tariffs #Racist #incompetence #IRAN
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I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1800-11-02) to Abigail AdamsMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/83621/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #presidency #president #WhiteHouse
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The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge0grppe3po
#HackerNews #insidertrading #Trump #presidency #news #investigation
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A yawning gulf has opened between the left & right flanks of the court, Professor Epstein said.
“The #polarization in American society seeps into the #Senate. It seeps into the #presidency. It is naturally going to seep into the #courts. It would be surprising to see another John Paul Stevens,” Epstein said, referring to the late justice noted for his moderation. “Partisan identity & ideology have become so intertwined.” -
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Putin 2. Trump has no empathy, sympathy or thought for anyone. Yet another example of leaders playing chess, using civilians as pawns, and letting them suffer. We called Putin a war criminal for actions like this, and there’s no doubt Trump and Hegseth are too… -
#Trump #DonaldTrump #Criminal #Crime #UnitedStates #USA #US #Presidency #President #UK #Newspaper #News #Politics #USPol #Iran #IranWar #WarCrimes #War #Maga #America #American #Media #Republican #Republicans #Unhinged #DailyMirror
Tomorrow’s Mirror newspaper says it all, and sums up the opinion of millions… -
I feel so #patriotic today for paying $4.27 a gallon for gasoline in the #USA. I get a warm fuzzy paying way more under #President #Trump than under the #Biden #Harris #Presidency /satire/
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“In a larger context, Trump's approval rating (Gallup polling) after the first year of his second term was the lowest of any president since 1977.”
Source: Rattner, Steven (December 26, 2025). "Trump's First Year Back, in 10 Charts / Chart 9. America the Unhappy". The New York Times (Behind paywall, seen in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_the_second_Trump_presidency)
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116308375795063726
#NoKings #Trump #DonaldTrump #USA #UnitedStates #America #American #USPol #Politics #Republican #News #Protests #Protest #Republicans #Maga #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Democracy #Democrats #President #Presidency
The MAGA movement’s just a Trump cult, and the true American patriots were out on the streets today. If Trump tries to manipulate the midterms in some way I wouldn’t be surprised. Fascists always try to move the goalposts once they’re in power… -
the #Presidency, #Congress, the @SupremeCourt are out of sync with American popular opinion, so guess what's going to happen?
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the #Presidency, #Congress, the @SupremeCourt are out of sync with American popular opinion, so guess what's going to happen?
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#Epstein file EFTA00090314, a #raw #intelligence report states that, " #Trump has been compromised by #Israel. And #Kushner is the real brains behind his #organization and his #presidency."
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After everything that happened in #USA
time to reflect.
Who are 'Americans' really?
Social progress, equal rights, have been VERY SLOW
National education is practically non-existent
USA doesn't even have 'public health'
They kill each other as if there were Secession war time
Nazis, abuses, corruption.
For a criminal fraudster was enough to openly declare himself as racist to get the #Presidency.We have to accept the fact
Americans
are NOT 'good guys'
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"One hundred thirty-five years ago today, #GroverCleveland was elected to his first term as #President of the #UnitedStates (his inauguration can be seen in the photo above). But #Cleveland’s election to the #presidency this time was not what made him notable. No, it was his #reelection in 1892 for which he is remembered in the #history books. You see, Grover Cleveland would go on to lose the 1888 election, and then be reelected four years later, joking that he had come back to win the office again on his “third try.”
But for our purposes, it was Grover Cleveland’s friendship to the #Jewish people that is especially noteworthy."
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#Trump #DonaldTrump #Presidency #USA #America #President #Politics #Popularity #Poll #American #USPol
It’s been a rather stressful day, so I need something to cheer me up… -
A #president who is burdened with a failed and unpopular #war, and who has lost the trust of the country, simply can no longer govern. He is destined to become as much a failure as his war.
Glenn Greenwald, A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush #Presidency
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I desire to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861–65)
Speech (1863-09-30) to the Missouri Committee of SeventyMore about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/2561…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #administration #character #cleanconscience #clearconscience #conscience #friend #government #presidency #president #selfapproval #selfassessment
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I desire to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861–65)
Speech (1863-09-30) to the Missouri Committee of SeventyMore about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/2561…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #administration #character #cleanconscience #clearconscience #conscience #friend #government #presidency #president #selfapproval #selfassessment
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I desire to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861–65)
Speech (1863-09-30) to the Missouri Committee of SeventyMore about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/2561…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #administration #character #cleanconscience #clearconscience #conscience #friend #government #presidency #president #selfapproval #selfassessment
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I desire to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861–65)
Speech (1863-09-30) to the Missouri Committee of SeventyMore about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/2561…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #administration #character #cleanconscience #clearconscience #conscience #friend #government #presidency #president #selfapproval #selfassessment
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I desire to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861–65)
Speech (1863-09-30) to the Missouri Committee of SeventyMore about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/2561…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #administration #character #cleanconscience #clearconscience #conscience #friend #government #presidency #president #selfapproval #selfassessment
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Do you refer to Trump as President?
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Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you shall allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect. If to-day he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, “I see no probability of the British invading us”; but he will say to you, “Be silent: I see it if you don’t.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Letter (1848-02-15) to William H. HerndonMore about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/6159…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #presidency #authority #executive #invasion #military #power #preemption #president #war #warpower
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Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you shall allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect. If to-day he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, “I see no probability of the British invading us”; but he will say to you, “Be silent: I see it if you don’t.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Letter (1848-02-15) to William H. HerndonMore about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/6159…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #presidency #authority #executive #invasion #military #power #preemption #president #war #warpower
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Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you shall allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect. If to-day he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, “I see no probability of the British invading us”; but he will say to you, “Be silent: I see it if you don’t.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Letter (1848-02-15) to William H. HerndonMore about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/6159…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #presidency #authority #executive #invasion #military #power #preemption #president #war #warpower
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Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you shall allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect. If to-day he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, “I see no probability of the British invading us”; but he will say to you, “Be silent: I see it if you don’t.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Letter (1848-02-15) to William H. HerndonMore about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/6159…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #presidency #authority #executive #invasion #military #power #preemption #president #war #warpower
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Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you shall allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect. If to-day he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, “I see no probability of the British invading us”; but he will say to you, “Be silent: I see it if you don’t.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Letter (1848-02-15) to William H. HerndonMore about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/6159…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #presidency #authority #executive #invasion #military #power #preemption #president #war #warpower
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#Trump has never been someone to ask what he can do for his country.
In his 2nd term, as in his 1st, he is instead testing the limits of what his country can do for him.
He has poured himself into the #exploitation of the #presidency — into finding out just how much #money #people, #corporations & other #nations are willing to put into his pockets in hopes of bending the #power of the #government to the #service of their #interests.
