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  1. 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)

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  2. 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)

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  3. 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…

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  4. 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…

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  5. 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…

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  6. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of a plutocracy.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 22 “The Big Stick and the Square Deal” (1913)

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  7. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Americans learn only from catastrophes and not from experience.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 7 “The War of America the Unready” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…

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  8. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Americans learn only from catastrophes and not from experience.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 7 “The War of America the Unready” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…

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  9. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Americans learn only from catastrophes and not from experience.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 7 “The War of America the Unready” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…

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  10. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Americans learn only from catastrophes and not from experience.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 7 “The War of America the Unready” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…

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  11. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Americans learn only from catastrophes and not from experience.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 7 “The War of America the Unready” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…

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  12. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    There are many kinds of success in life worth having. It is exceedingly interesting and attractive to be a successful business man, or railroad man, or farmer, or a successful lawyer or doctor; or a writer, or a President, or a ranchman, or the colonel of a fighting regiment, or to kill grizzly bears and lions. But for unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 9 “Outdoors and Indoors” (1913)

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  13. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    There are many kinds of success in life worth having. It is exceedingly interesting and attractive to be a successful business man, or railroad man, or farmer, or a successful lawyer or doctor; or a writer, or a President, or a ranchman, or the colonel of a fighting regiment, or to kill grizzly bears and lions. But for unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 9 “Outdoors and Indoors” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…

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  14. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    There are many kinds of success in life worth having. It is exceedingly interesting and attractive to be a successful business man, or railroad man, or farmer, or a successful lawyer or doctor; or a writer, or a President, or a ranchman, or the colonel of a fighting regiment, or to kill grizzly bears and lions. But for unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 9 “Outdoors and Indoors” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…

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  15. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    There are many kinds of success in life worth having. It is exceedingly interesting and attractive to be a successful business man, or railroad man, or farmer, or a successful lawyer or doctor; or a writer, or a President, or a ranchman, or the colonel of a fighting regiment, or to kill grizzly bears and lions. But for unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 9 “Outdoors and Indoors” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…

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  16. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 9 “Outdoors and Indoors” (1913)

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  17. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 9 “Outdoors and Indoors” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…

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  18. @thejapantimes

    There remains, world-wide in journalism, those pundits who are compelled (if not wedded) to clinging to the idea that #Trump is somehow a god-tier, twelve-dimensional chess player whose strategies are simply unknowable for mere mortals

    Here we go again

    "...are better understood as strategic bargaining moves where markets both constrain and serve as tools to enhance his leverage"

    No

    Trump is a profoundly disturbed narcissist and a demonstrated, serial, pathological liar

    Trump has the attention span and knowledge depth of a goldfish

    He's simply been lucky, mostly because he's never suffered any substantive, real-world consequences for any of his conduct

    Period

    Full stop

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  19. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    We […] hold the just balance and set ourselves as resolutely against improper corporate influence on the one hand as against demagogy and mob rule on the other. I understand perfectly that such an attitude of moderation is apt to be misunderstood when passions are greatly excited and when victory is apt to rest with the extremists on one side or the other; yet I think it is in the long run the only wise attitude.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Letter (1899, Spring) to Senator Thomas Platt (R-NY)

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  20. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    We […] hold the just balance and set ourselves as resolutely against improper corporate influence on the one hand as against demagogy and mob rule on the other. I understand perfectly that such an attitude of moderation is apt to be misunderstood when passions are greatly excited and when victory is apt to rest with the extremists on one side or the other; yet I think it is in the long run the only wise attitude.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Letter (1899, Spring) to Senator Thomas Platt (R-NY)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/4…

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  21. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    We […] hold the just balance and set ourselves as resolutely against improper corporate influence on the one hand as against demagogy and mob rule on the other. I understand perfectly that such an attitude of moderation is apt to be misunderstood when passions are greatly excited and when victory is apt to rest with the extremists on one side or the other; yet I think it is in the long run the only wise attitude.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Letter (1899, Spring) to Senator Thomas Platt (R-NY)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/4…

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  22. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    We […] hold the just balance and set ourselves as resolutely against improper corporate influence on the one hand as against demagogy and mob rule on the other. I understand perfectly that such an attitude of moderation is apt to be misunderstood when passions are greatly excited and when victory is apt to rest with the extremists on one side or the other; yet I think it is in the long run the only wise attitude.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Letter (1899, Spring) to Senator Thomas Platt (R-NY)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/4…

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  23. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    We […] hold the just balance and set ourselves as resolutely against improper corporate influence on the one hand as against demagogy and mob rule on the other. I understand perfectly that such an attitude of moderation is apt to be misunderstood when passions are greatly excited and when victory is apt to rest with the extremists on one side or the other; yet I think it is in the long run the only wise attitude.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Letter (1899, Spring) to Senator Thomas Platt (R-NY)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/4…

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  24. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    I abhor unjust war. I abhor injustice and bullying by the strong at the expense of the weak, whether among nations or individuals. I abhor violence and bloodshed. I believe that war should never be resorted to when, or so long as, it is honorably possible to avoid it. I respect all men and women who from high motives and with sanity and self-respect do all they can to avert war. I advocate preparation for war in order to avert war; and I should never advocate war unless it were the only alternative to dishonor.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 7 “The War of America the Unready” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/6…

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  25. Better to dare Mighty Things and fail, than to live in a gray twilight where there is neither victory nor defeat.
    -- Theodore Roosevelt

    #Wisdom #Quotes #TheodoreRoosevelt #Failure #Success

    #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Canyonlands #Utah

  26. Better to dare Mighty Things and fail, than to live in a gray twilight where there is neither victory nor defeat.
    -- Theodore Roosevelt

    #Wisdom #Quotes #TheodoreRoosevelt #Failure #Success

    #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Canyonlands #Utah

  27. Better to dare Mighty Things and fail, than to live in a gray twilight where there is neither victory nor defeat.
    -- Theodore Roosevelt

    #Wisdom #Quotes #TheodoreRoosevelt #Failure #Success

    #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Canyonlands #Utah

  28. Better to dare Mighty Things and fail, than to live in a gray twilight where there is neither victory nor defeat.
    -- Theodore Roosevelt

    #Wisdom #Quotes #TheodoreRoosevelt #Failure #Success

    #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Canyonlands #Utah

  29. Better to dare Mighty Things and fail, than to live in a gray twilight where there is neither victory nor defeat.
    -- Theodore Roosevelt

    #Wisdom #Quotes #TheodoreRoosevelt #Failure #Success

    #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Canyonlands #Utah

  30. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first, from grizzly bears to “mean” horses and gunfighters, but by acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 2 “The Vigor of Life” (1913)

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  31. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first, from grizzly bears to “mean” horses and gunfighters, but by acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 2 “The Vigor of Life” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…

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  32. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first, from grizzly bears to “mean” horses and gunfighters, but by acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 2 “The Vigor of Life” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…

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  33. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first, from grizzly bears to “mean” horses and gunfighters, but by acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 2 “The Vigor of Life” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…

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  34. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first, from grizzly bears to “mean” horses and gunfighters, but by acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 2 “The Vigor of Life” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…

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  35. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Our worst revolutionaries today are those reactionaries who do not see and will not admit that there is any need for change.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 13 “Social and Industrial Justice” (1913)

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  36. A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

    The idea that our natural resources were inexhaustible still obtained, and there was as yet no real knowledge of their extent and condition. The relation of the conservation of natural resources to the problems of National welfare and National efficiency had not yet dawned on the public mind. The reclamation of arid public lands in the West was still a matter for private enterprise alone; and our magnificent river system, with its superb possibilities for public usefulness, was dealt with by the National Government not as a unit, but as a disconnected series of pork-barrel problems, whose only real interest was in their effect on the reëlection or defeat of a Congressman here and there — a theory which, I regret to say, still obtains.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 11 “The Natural Resources of the Nation” (1913)

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