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  1. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    I did not then believe, and I do not now believe, that any man should ever attempt to make politics his only career. It is a dreadful misfortune for a man to grow to feel that his whole livelihood and whole happiness depend upon his staying in office. Such a feeling prevents him from being of real service to the people while in office, and always puts him under the heaviest strain of pressure to barter his convictions for the sake of holding office. A man should have some other occupation — I had several other occupations — to which he can resort if at any time he is thrown out of office, or if at any time he finds it necessary to choose a course which will probably result in his being thrown out, unless he is willing to stay in at cost to his conscience.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, ch. 3 “Practical Politics” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

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  2. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    I did not then believe, and I do not now believe, that any man should ever attempt to make politics his only career. It is a dreadful misfortune for a man to grow to feel that his whole livelihood and whole happiness depend upon his staying in office. Such a feeling prevents him from being of real service to the people while in office, and always puts him under the heaviest strain of pressure to barter his convictions for the sake of holding office. A man should have some other occupation — I had several other occupations — to which he can resort if at any time he is thrown out of office, or if at any time he finds it necessary to choose a course which will probably result in his being thrown out, unless he is willing to stay in at cost to his conscience.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, ch. 3 “Practical Politics” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #career #compromise #conscience #corruption #identity #job #occupation #officeholding #politicalcorruption #politician #politics #selfcompromise

  3. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    I did not then believe, and I do not now believe, that any man should ever attempt to make politics his only career. It is a dreadful misfortune for a man to grow to feel that his whole livelihood and whole happiness depend upon his staying in office. Such a feeling prevents him from being of real service to the people while in office, and always puts him under the heaviest strain of pressure to barter his convictions for the sake of holding office. A man should have some other occupation — I had several other occupations — to which he can resort if at any time he is thrown out of office, or if at any time he finds it necessary to choose a course which will probably result in his being thrown out, unless he is willing to stay in at cost to his conscience.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, ch. 3 “Practical Politics” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

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  4. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    I did not then believe, and I do not now believe, that any man should ever attempt to make politics his only career. It is a dreadful misfortune for a man to grow to feel that his whole livelihood and whole happiness depend upon his staying in office. Such a feeling prevents him from being of real service to the people while in office, and always puts him under the heaviest strain of pressure to barter his convictions for the sake of holding office. A man should have some other occupation — I had several other occupations — to which he can resort if at any time he is thrown out of office, or if at any time he finds it necessary to choose a course which will probably result in his being thrown out, unless he is willing to stay in at cost to his conscience.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, ch. 3 “Practical Politics” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #career #compromise #conscience #corruption #identity #job #occupation #officeholding #politicalcorruption #politician #politics #selfcompromise

  5. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Any man who has met with success, if he will be frank with himself, must admit that there has been a big element of fortune in the success.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, ch. 3 “Practical Politics” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #fortune #goodfortune #goodluck #luck #selfhonesty #success

  6. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Any man who has met with success, if he will be frank with himself, must admit that there has been a big element of fortune in the success.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, ch. 3 “Practical Politics” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #fortune #goodfortune #goodluck #luck #selfhonesty #success

  7. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Any man who has met with success, if he will be frank with himself, must admit that there has been a big element of fortune in the success.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, ch. 3 “Practical Politics” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #fortune #goodfortune #goodluck #luck #selfhonesty #success

  8. A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

    Occasionally he took us on a picnic or a camping trip and taught us many valuable lessons. The chief one was to remember that camping was a good way to find out people’s characters. Those who were selfish showed it very soon, in that they wanted the best bed or the best food and did not want to do their share of the work.

    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, activist; First Lady of the US (1933–45)
    Memoir (1937), This Is My Story, ch. 2 “Adolescence”

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/86…

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  9. A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

    Occasionally he took us on a picnic or a camping trip and taught us many valuable lessons. The chief one was to remember that camping was a good way to find out people’s characters. Those who were selfish showed it very soon, in that they wanted the best bed or the best food and did not want to do their share of the work.

    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, activist; First Lady of the US (1933–45)
    Memoir (1937), This Is My Story, ch. 2 “Adolescence”

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/86…

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  10. A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

    Occasionally he took us on a picnic or a camping trip and taught us many valuable lessons. The chief one was to remember that camping was a good way to find out people’s characters. Those who were selfish showed it very soon, in that they wanted the best bed or the best food and did not want to do their share of the work.

    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, activist; First Lady of the US (1933–45)
    Memoir (1937), This Is My Story, ch. 2 “Adolescence”

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/86…

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  11. 125 years ago today, #TheodoreRoosevelt is sworn in as the youngest man to serve as US President, after William McKinley finally died after an anarchist shoots him in Buffalo.
    #RIP 🕊️🪦🎚️🕯️

  12. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    We of the great modern democracies must strive unceasingly to make our several countries lands in which a poor man who works hard can live comfortably and honestly, and in which a rich man cannot live dishonestly nor in slothful avoidance of duty; and yet we must judge rich man and poor man alike by a standard which rests on conduct and not on caste, and we must frown with the same stern severity on the mean and vicious envy which hates and would plunder a man because he is well off and on the brutal and selfish arrogance which looks down on and exploits the man with whom life has gone hard.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, Introduction (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #arrogance #caste #civilization #classwarfare #classism #conduct #dishonesty #duty #envy #exploitation #hardwork #labor #livingwage #lowerclass #poverty #sloth #society #upperclass #wealth #workingclass

  13. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    We of the great modern democracies must strive unceasingly to make our several countries lands in which a poor man who works hard can live comfortably and honestly, and in which a rich man cannot live dishonestly nor in slothful avoidance of duty; and yet we must judge rich man and poor man alike by a standard which rests on conduct and not on caste, and we must frown with the same stern severity on the mean and vicious envy which hates and would plunder a man because he is well off and on the brutal and selfish arrogance which looks down on and exploits the man with whom life has gone hard.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, Introduction (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #arrogance #caste #civilization #classwarfare #classism #conduct #dishonesty #duty #envy #exploitation #hardwork #labor #livingwage #lowerclass #poverty #sloth #society #upperclass #wealth #workingclass

  14. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    We of the great modern democracies must strive unceasingly to make our several countries lands in which a poor man who works hard can live comfortably and honestly, and in which a rich man cannot live dishonestly nor in slothful avoidance of duty; and yet we must judge rich man and poor man alike by a standard which rests on conduct and not on caste, and we must frown with the same stern severity on the mean and vicious envy which hates and would plunder a man because he is well off and on the brutal and selfish arrogance which looks down on and exploits the man with whom life has gone hard.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, Introduction (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #arrogance #caste #civilization #classwarfare #classism #conduct #dishonesty #duty #envy #exploitation #hardwork #labor #livingwage #lowerclass #poverty #sloth #society #upperclass #wealth #workingclass

  15. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    We of the great modern democracies must strive unceasingly to make our several countries lands in which a poor man who works hard can live comfortably and honestly, and in which a rich man cannot live dishonestly nor in slothful avoidance of duty; and yet we must judge rich man and poor man alike by a standard which rests on conduct and not on caste, and we must frown with the same stern severity on the mean and vicious envy which hates and would plunder a man because he is well off and on the brutal and selfish arrogance which looks down on and exploits the man with whom life has gone hard.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, Introduction (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #arrogance #caste #civilization #classwarfare #classism #conduct #dishonesty #duty #envy #exploitation #hardwork #labor #livingwage #lowerclass #poverty #sloth #society #upperclass #wealth #workingclass

  16. 🧿 𝑳𝒂 𝒉𝒊𝒋𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒅𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒕 🧿

    Alice Roosevelt nació el 12 de febrero de 1884 con una tragedia que marcaría para siempre a su familia.
    Su madre, Alice Hathaway Lee, murió apenas dos días después de dar a luz por una insuficiencia renal que entonces los médicos no supieron tratar.
    Lo más cruel es que, ese mismo día, también falleció la madre de Theodore Roosevelt.

    El futuro presidente quedó completamente destrozado.
    En su diario solo escribió una gran X negra ocupando toda la página y una frase: *"La luz se ha ido de mi vida."*
    Durante años evitó pronunciar el nombre de su primera esposa y dejó a la pequeña Alice al cuidado de su hermana, Bamie, mientras él se marchaba una temporada al oeste de Estados Unidos intentando rehacer su vida.

    Pero si alguien esperaba que aquella niña creciera siendo discreta, se equivocó de lleno.

    Cuando Theodore Roosevelt llegó a la Casa Blanca en 1901, Alice, con solo 17 años, se convirtió en la joven más famosa de Estados Unidos.
    Hoy probablemente la llamaríamos una influencer antes de que existieran las redes sociales.
    La prensa seguía cada uno de sus movimientos y cualquier cosa que hacía acababa en los periódicos.

    Y motivos no faltaban.

    Fumaba en público cuando aquello era un escándalo para una mujer.
    Conducía automóviles a gran velocidad, apostaba en las carreras de caballos, montaba a caballo sin preocuparse por el protocolo y llevaba en el bolso una pequeña serpiente llamada **Emily Spinach**.
    Decía que se llamaba así porque era "verde como la espinaca y delgada como mi tía Emily".

    Tampoco tenía pelos en la lengua.
    Si alguien le caía mal, lo decía.
    Si una norma le parecía absurda, la rompía.
    Y cuanto más intentaban controlarla, más parecía disfrutar llevando la contraria.

    En 1905 acompañó una importante delegación diplomática por Asia, visitando Japón, Filipinas, China y Corea.
    Oficialmente era un viaje político, pero los titulares acabaron siendo para ella.
    Nadó completamente vestida en una piscina pública, gastó bromas a diplomáticos, hizo comentarios provocadores y se saltó más de un protocolo.
    Era imposible no hablar de Alice Roosevelt.

    Su padre acabó resignándose y pronunció una frase que ha pasado a la historia:

    *"Puedo ser presidente de Estados Unidos o controlar a Alice.
    No puedo hacer las dos cosas."*

    En 1906 se casó con **Nicholas Longworth**, uno de los políticos republicanos más importantes de la época y futuro presidente de la Cámara de Representantes.
    Sin embargo, el matrimonio fue todo menos convencional.
    Ambos tuvieron relaciones extramatrimoniales y en Washington era un secreto a voces que la única hija de Alice, Paulina, probablemente no era de su marido, sino del senador **William Borah**.

    Lejos de esconderse, Alice siguió siendo una de las mujeres más influyentes de la capital.
    Su casa era un lugar de reunión donde se mezclaban presidentes, congresistas, periodistas, diplomáticos y empresarios.
    Allí se hablaba de política, de elecciones, de guerras... y también de todos los chismes imaginables.

    Tenía un ingenio demoledor.
    Una de sus frases más famosas iba dirigida al presidente **Calvin Coolidge**:

    *"Parece que lo hubieran destetado con un pepinillo."*

    Y de otro político dijo simplemente:

    *"Es un hombre que habla con frases entre comas."*

    En su salón tenía incluso un cojín bordado con una frase que resumía bastante bien su personalidad:

    **"Si no puedes decir algo bueno de alguien... siéntate aquí a mi lado."**

    Vivió nada menos que **96 años**.
    Le dio tiempo a conocer a once presidentes de Estados Unidos, desde su propio padre hasta **Jimmy Carter**.
    Vio dos guerras mundiales, la Gran Depresión, el nacimiento de la televisión, la llegada del hombre a la Luna y buena parte de la Guerra Fría.

    Nunca ocupó un cargo político.

    Nunca fue elegida para ningún puesto.

    Y, sin embargo, durante décadas fue una de las personas más influyentes y mejor informadas de Washington.

    Alice Roosevelt demostró que, a veces, el poder no necesita un despacho ni un cargo oficial.

    Basta con una inteligencia afilada, una lengua aún más afilada... y el valor de no comportarse como todo el mundo esperaba.

    📌 Y un dato curioso: en la Casa Blanca hubo tanto revuelo con Alice que los periódicos llegaron a hablar de "Alice Blue", un tono de azul claro inspirado en el color de uno de sus vestidos.
    Se puso tan de moda que tiendas de todo Estados Unidos empezaron a vender ropa y complementos con ese nombre.
    No era solo famosa: marcaba tendencia, algo muy poco habitual para una mujer de principios del siglo XX.

    ▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣

    #historia #aliceroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #casablanca #estadosunidos #mujereshistoricas #curiosidadeshistoricas #politica #sigloxx #memoriahistorica

  17. 🧿 𝑳𝒂 𝒉𝒊𝒋𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒅𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒕 🧿

    Alice Roosevelt nació el 12 de febrero de 1884 con una tragedia que marcaría para siempre a su familia.
    Su madre, Alice Hathaway Lee, murió apenas dos días después de dar a luz por una insuficiencia renal que entonces los médicos no supieron tratar.
    Lo más cruel es que, ese mismo día, también falleció la madre de Theodore Roosevelt.

    El futuro presidente quedó completamente destrozado.
    En su diario solo escribió una gran X negra ocupando toda la página y una frase: *"La luz se ha ido de mi vida."*
    Durante años evitó pronunciar el nombre de su primera esposa y dejó a la pequeña Alice al cuidado de su hermana, Bamie, mientras él se marchaba una temporada al oeste de Estados Unidos intentando rehacer su vida.

    Pero si alguien esperaba que aquella niña creciera siendo discreta, se equivocó de lleno.

    Cuando Theodore Roosevelt llegó a la Casa Blanca en 1901, Alice, con solo 17 años, se convirtió en la joven más famosa de Estados Unidos.
    Hoy probablemente la llamaríamos una influencer antes de que existieran las redes sociales.
    La prensa seguía cada uno de sus movimientos y cualquier cosa que hacía acababa en los periódicos.

    Y motivos no faltaban.

    Fumaba en público cuando aquello era un escándalo para una mujer.
    Conducía automóviles a gran velocidad, apostaba en las carreras de caballos, montaba a caballo sin preocuparse por el protocolo y llevaba en el bolso una pequeña serpiente llamada **Emily Spinach**.
    Decía que se llamaba así porque era "verde como la espinaca y delgada como mi tía Emily".

    Tampoco tenía pelos en la lengua.
    Si alguien le caía mal, lo decía.
    Si una norma le parecía absurda, la rompía.
    Y cuanto más intentaban controlarla, más parecía disfrutar llevando la contraria.

    En 1905 acompañó una importante delegación diplomática por Asia, visitando Japón, Filipinas, China y Corea.
    Oficialmente era un viaje político, pero los titulares acabaron siendo para ella.
    Nadó completamente vestida en una piscina pública, gastó bromas a diplomáticos, hizo comentarios provocadores y se saltó más de un protocolo.
    Era imposible no hablar de Alice Roosevelt.

    Su padre acabó resignándose y pronunció una frase que ha pasado a la historia:

    *"Puedo ser presidente de Estados Unidos o controlar a Alice.
    No puedo hacer las dos cosas."*

    En 1906 se casó con **Nicholas Longworth**, uno de los políticos republicanos más importantes de la época y futuro presidente de la Cámara de Representantes.
    Sin embargo, el matrimonio fue todo menos convencional.
    Ambos tuvieron relaciones extramatrimoniales y en Washington era un secreto a voces que la única hija de Alice, Paulina, probablemente no era de su marido, sino del senador **William Borah**.

    Lejos de esconderse, Alice siguió siendo una de las mujeres más influyentes de la capital.
    Su casa era un lugar de reunión donde se mezclaban presidentes, congresistas, periodistas, diplomáticos y empresarios.
    Allí se hablaba de política, de elecciones, de guerras... y también de todos los chismes imaginables.

    Tenía un ingenio demoledor.
    Una de sus frases más famosas iba dirigida al presidente **Calvin Coolidge**:

    *"Parece que lo hubieran destetado con un pepinillo."*

    Y de otro político dijo simplemente:

    *"Es un hombre que habla con frases entre comas."*

    En su salón tenía incluso un cojín bordado con una frase que resumía bastante bien su personalidad:

    **"Si no puedes decir algo bueno de alguien... siéntate aquí a mi lado."**

    Vivió nada menos que **96 años**.
    Le dio tiempo a conocer a once presidentes de Estados Unidos, desde su propio padre hasta **Jimmy Carter**.
    Vio dos guerras mundiales, la Gran Depresión, el nacimiento de la televisión, la llegada del hombre a la Luna y buena parte de la Guerra Fría.

    Nunca ocupó un cargo político.

    Nunca fue elegida para ningún puesto.

    Y, sin embargo, durante décadas fue una de las personas más influyentes y mejor informadas de Washington.

    Alice Roosevelt demostró que, a veces, el poder no necesita un despacho ni un cargo oficial.

    Basta con una inteligencia afilada, una lengua aún más afilada... y el valor de no comportarse como todo el mundo esperaba.

    📌 Y un dato curioso: en la Casa Blanca hubo tanto revuelo con Alice que los periódicos llegaron a hablar de "Alice Blue", un tono de azul claro inspirado en el color de uno de sus vestidos.
    Se puso tan de moda que tiendas de todo Estados Unidos empezaron a vender ropa y complementos con ese nombre.
    No era solo famosa: marcaba tendencia, algo muy poco habitual para una mujer de principios del siglo XX.

    ▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣

    #historia #aliceroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #casablanca #estadosunidos #mujereshistoricas #curiosidadeshistoricas #politica #sigloxx #memoriahistorica

  18. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    All for each, and each for all, is a good motto; but only on condition that each works with might and main to so maintain himself as not to be a burden to others.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, Introduction (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #collaboration #effort #hardwork #mutualassistance #mutualrespect #mutualresponsibility #mutualsupport #mutuality #personalresponsibility #responsibility #selfsupport #standtogether

  19. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    All for each, and each for all, is a good motto; but only on condition that each works with might and main to so maintain himself as not to be a burden to others.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, Introduction (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #collaboration #effort #hardwork #mutualassistance #mutualrespect #mutualresponsibility #mutualsupport #mutuality #personalresponsibility #responsibility #selfsupport #standtogether

  20. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    All for each, and each for all, is a good motto; but only on condition that each works with might and main to so maintain himself as not to be a burden to others.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
    Autobiography, Introduction (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #collaboration #effort #hardwork #mutualassistance #mutualrespect #mutualresponsibility #mutualsupport #mutuality #personalresponsibility #responsibility #selfsupport #standtogether

  21. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    A man who stays long in our American political life, if he has in his soul the generous desire to do effective service for great causes, inevitably grows to regard himself merely as one of many instruments, all of which it may be necessary to use, one at one time, one at another, in achieving the triumph of those causes; and whenever the usefulness of any one has been exhausted, it is to be thrown aside. If such a man is wise, he will gladly do the thing that is next, when the time and the need come together, without asking what the future holds for him. Let the half-god play his part well and manfully, and then be content to draw aside when the god appears. Nor should he feel vain regrets that to another it is given to render greater services and reap a greater reward. Let it be enough for him that he too has served, and that by doing well he has prepared the way for the other man who can do better.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 3 “Practical Politics” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #bowout #contribution #government #gracefulexit #humility #indispensability #outstay #politics #preparation #publicservant #publicservice #selfinterest #transition #usefulness

  22. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    A man who stays long in our American political life, if he has in his soul the generous desire to do effective service for great causes, inevitably grows to regard himself merely as one of many instruments, all of which it may be necessary to use, one at one time, one at another, in achieving the triumph of those causes; and whenever the usefulness of any one has been exhausted, it is to be thrown aside. If such a man is wise, he will gladly do the thing that is next, when the time and the need come together, without asking what the future holds for him. Let the half-god play his part well and manfully, and then be content to draw aside when the god appears. Nor should he feel vain regrets that to another it is given to render greater services and reap a greater reward. Let it be enough for him that he too has served, and that by doing well he has prepared the way for the other man who can do better.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 3 “Practical Politics” (1913)

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  23. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    A man who stays long in our American political life, if he has in his soul the generous desire to do effective service for great causes, inevitably grows to regard himself merely as one of many instruments, all of which it may be necessary to use, one at one time, one at another, in achieving the triumph of those causes; and whenever the usefulness of any one has been exhausted, it is to be thrown aside. If such a man is wise, he will gladly do the thing that is next, when the time and the need come together, without asking what the future holds for him. Let the half-god play his part well and manfully, and then be content to draw aside when the god appears. Nor should he feel vain regrets that to another it is given to render greater services and reap a greater reward. Let it be enough for him that he too has served, and that by doing well he has prepared the way for the other man who can do better.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 3 “Practical Politics” (1913)

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  24. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    A man who stays long in our American political life, if he has in his soul the generous desire to do effective service for great causes, inevitably grows to regard himself merely as one of many instruments, all of which it may be necessary to use, one at one time, one at another, in achieving the triumph of those causes; and whenever the usefulness of any one has been exhausted, it is to be thrown aside. If such a man is wise, he will gladly do the thing that is next, when the time and the need come together, without asking what the future holds for him. Let the half-god play his part well and manfully, and then be content to draw aside when the god appears. Nor should he feel vain regrets that to another it is given to render greater services and reap a greater reward. Let it be enough for him that he too has served, and that by doing well he has prepared the way for the other man who can do better.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 3 “Practical Politics” (1913)

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  25. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    The teaching which I received was genuinely democratic in one way. It was not so democratic in another. I grew into manhood thoroughly imbued with the feeling that a man must be respected for what he made of himself. But I had also, consciously or unconsciously, been taught that socially and industrially pretty much the whole duty of the man lay in thus making the best of himself; that he should be honest in his dealings with others and charitable in the old-fashioned way to the unfortunate; but that it was no part of his business to join with others in trying to make things better for the many by curbing the abnormal and excessive development of individualism in a few.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 1 “Boyhood and Youth” (1913)

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  26. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    The teaching which I received was genuinely democratic in one way. It was not so democratic in another. I grew into manhood thoroughly imbued with the feeling that a man must be respected for what he made of himself. But I had also, consciously or unconsciously, been taught that socially and industrially pretty much the whole duty of the man lay in thus making the best of himself; that he should be honest in his dealings with others and charitable in the old-fashioned way to the unfortunate; but that it was no part of his business to join with others in trying to make things better for the many by curbing the abnormal and excessive development of individualism in a few.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 1 “Boyhood and Youth” (1913)

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  27. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    The teaching which I received was genuinely democratic in one way. It was not so democratic in another. I grew into manhood thoroughly imbued with the feeling that a man must be respected for what he made of himself. But I had also, consciously or unconsciously, been taught that socially and industrially pretty much the whole duty of the man lay in thus making the best of himself; that he should be honest in his dealings with others and charitable in the old-fashioned way to the unfortunate; but that it was no part of his business to join with others in trying to make things better for the many by curbing the abnormal and excessive development of individualism in a few.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 1 “Boyhood and Youth” (1913)

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  28. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    The teaching which I received was genuinely democratic in one way. It was not so democratic in another. I grew into manhood thoroughly imbued with the feeling that a man must be respected for what he made of himself. But I had also, consciously or unconsciously, been taught that socially and industrially pretty much the whole duty of the man lay in thus making the best of himself; that he should be honest in his dealings with others and charitable in the old-fashioned way to the unfortunate; but that it was no part of his business to join with others in trying to make things better for the many by curbing the abnormal and excessive development of individualism in a few.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 1 “Boyhood and Youth” (1913)

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  29. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    In addition to, not as a substitute for, individual responsibility, there is a collective responsibility.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 1 “Boyhood and Youth” (1913)

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  30. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    In addition to, not as a substitute for, individual responsibility, there is a collective responsibility.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 1 “Boyhood and Youth” (1913)

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  31. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    In addition to, not as a substitute for, individual responsibility, there is a collective responsibility.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 1 “Boyhood and Youth” (1913)

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  32. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    [… T]he individual virtues, and the necessity of character as the chief factor in any man’s success — a teaching in which I now believe as sincerely as ever, for all the laws that the wit of man can devise will never make a man a worthy citizen unless he has within himself the right stuff, unless he has self-reliance, energy, courage, the power of insisting on his own rights and the sympathy that makes him regardful of the rights of others.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 1 “Boyhood and Youth” (1913)

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  33. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    [… T]he individual virtues, and the necessity of character as the chief factor in any man’s success — a teaching in which I now believe as sincerely as ever, for all the laws that the wit of man can devise will never make a man a worthy citizen unless he has within himself the right stuff, unless he has self-reliance, energy, courage, the power of insisting on his own rights and the sympathy that makes him regardful of the rights of others.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 1 “Boyhood and Youth” (1913)

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  34. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    [… T]he individual virtues, and the necessity of character as the chief factor in any man’s success — a teaching in which I now believe as sincerely as ever, for all the laws that the wit of man can devise will never make a man a worthy citizen unless he has within himself the right stuff, unless he has self-reliance, energy, courage, the power of insisting on his own rights and the sympathy that makes him regardful of the rights of others.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 1 “Boyhood and Youth” (1913)

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  35. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    [… T]he individual virtues, and the necessity of character as the chief factor in any man’s success — a teaching in which I now believe as sincerely as ever, for all the laws that the wit of man can devise will never make a man a worthy citizen unless he has within himself the right stuff, unless he has self-reliance, energy, courage, the power of insisting on his own rights and the sympathy that makes him regardful of the rights of others.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 1 “Boyhood and Youth” (1913)

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  36. The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
    -- Theodore Roosevelt

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  37. The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
    -- Theodore Roosevelt

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  38. The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
    -- Theodore Roosevelt

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  39. The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
    -- Theodore Roosevelt

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  40. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    My duty was to stand with every one while he was right, and to stand against him when he went wrong; and this I have tried to do as regards individuals and as regards groups of individuals. When a business man or labor leader, politician or reformer, is right, I support him; when he goes wrong, I leave him.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 5 “Applied Idealism” (1913)

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  41. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    My duty was to stand with every one while he was right, and to stand against him when he went wrong; and this I have tried to do as regards individuals and as regards groups of individuals. When a business man or labor leader, politician or reformer, is right, I support him; when he goes wrong, I leave him.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 5 “Applied Idealism” (1913)

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