Tag Archives: Theodore Roosevelt

First Principles: There Is A Delight In the Hardy Life of the Open. There Are No Words That Can Tell the Hidden Spirit of the Wilderness, That Can Reveal Its Mystery

“There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm. The nation behaves well if it … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Knowing What’s Right Doesn’t Mean Much Unless You Do What’s Right

“Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.” – Theodore Roosevelt Happy Anniversary of President Teddy Roosevelt’s birthday!!

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First Principles: There Is But One Answer To Terrorism, and It is Best Delivered With A Winchester Rifle

“There is but one answer to terrorism, and it is best delivered with a Winchester rifle.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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First Principles: The Establishment of the National Park Service Is Justified By Considerations of Good Administration, of the Value of Natural Beauty As A National Asset

“The establishment of the National Park Service is justified by considerations of good administration, of the value of natural beauty as a National asset, and of the effectiveness of outdoor life and recreation in the production of good citizenship.” – … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Adherence of the United States To the Monroe Doctrine May Force the United States, However Reluctantly, In Flagrant Cases of Such Wrong Doing..To the Exercise of International Police Power

“In the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrong doing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power” – Theodore … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Knowing What’s Right Doesn’t Mean Much Unless You Do What’s Right

“Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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First Principles: To Befoul the Unholy Alliance Between Corrupt Business and Corrupt Politics Is the First Task of the Statesmanship of Today

“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of … Continue reading →

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First Principles: When I Hear of the Destruction of A Species, I Feel Just As If All the Works of Some Great Writer Have Perished

“When I hear of the destruction of a species, I feel just as if all the works of some great writer have perished.” – Theodore Roosevelt, in a Letter to Frank Michler Chapman (February 16, 1899)

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First Principles: The Wildlife and Its Habitat Cannot Speak, So We Must and We Will

“The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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First Principles: The Credit Belongs To the Man Who Is Actually In the Arena, Whose Face Is Marred By Dust and Sweat and Blood…Who At Worst, If He Fails, At Least Fails While Daring Greatly

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the … Continue reading →

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