Tag Archives: Theodore Roosevelt

Thought For the Day: When I Am Asked, “What In Your View Is the Worst Human Rights Problem In the World Today?” I Reply: “Absolute Poverty.”

Posted on May 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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First Principles: Do What You Can, With What You Have, Where You Are

Posted on March 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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First Principles: It Is Hard To Fail, But It Is Worse Never To Have Tried To Succeed. In This Life, We Get Nothing Save By Effort

Posted on August 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life, we get nothing save by effort.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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Thought For the Day: The Phrase “No One Is Above the Law” Has A Corollary: No One Should Be Below the Law. Equal Justice Ought To Be the Goal

Posted on June 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The phrase ‘no one is above the law’ has a corollary: no one should be below the law. Equal justice ought to be the goal, not using the Department of Justice as a political weapon to destroy an opponent.” – … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Think There Is Only One Quality Worse Than Hardness of Heart, and That Is Softness of Head

Posted on October 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head.” –Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President (27 Oct 1858-1919)

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Thought For the Day: To Educate A Man In Mind and Not In Morals Is To Educate A Menace To Society

Posted on September 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.” –Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

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First Principles: There Is No Room In This Country For Hyphenated Americanism

Posted on September 25, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. …The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Believe You Can and You Are Halfway There

Posted on April 23, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Believe you can and you are halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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Thought For the Day: No Man Who Is Corrupt, No Man Who Condones Corruption In Others, Can Possibly Do His Duty By the Community

Posted on September 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community.” – Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

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Thought For the Day: Justice Consists Not In Being Neutral Between Right and Wrong, But Finding Out the Right and Upholding It, Wherever Found, Against the Wrong

Posted on May 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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