Tag Archives: Theodore Roosevelt

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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Idylls of the Progressive Age

Posted on April 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Continuing in this look at American History. Idylls of the Progressive Age by Michael Doyle Theodore Roosevelt rose to the presidency Upon the assassination of William McKinley A cowboy rode into the White House that day Formidable and enthusiastic in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: An Immigrant Coming In Good Faith To Become An Assimilated American Should Be Treated Equally With All Others

Posted on October 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an … Continue reading →

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