Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography ...Macmillan, 1913 - 615 páginas |
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... individual , what is most important is to insist on the vital need of combining certain sets of qualities , which separately are common enough , and , alas , useless enough . Practical efficiency is common , and lofty idealism not un ...
... individual , what is most important is to insist on the vital need of combining certain sets of qualities , which separately are common enough , and , alas , useless enough . Practical efficiency is common , and lofty idealism not un ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... individual for all his shortcomings would finally hopelessly weaken the spring of moral purpose . It also keeps alive that virile vigor for the lack of which in the average individual no possible perfection of law or of community action ...
... individual for all his shortcomings would finally hopelessly weaken the spring of moral purpose . It also keeps alive that virile vigor for the lack of which in the average individual no possible perfection of law or of community action ...
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... individuals controlled the legislators like puppets . Nor was there any such centralization of the boss . system as occurred later . Many of the members were under the control of local bosses or local machines . But the corrupt work was ...
... individuals controlled the legislators like puppets . Nor was there any such centralization of the boss . system as occurred later . Many of the members were under the control of local bosses or local machines . But the corrupt work was ...
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... individual who amassed a big fortune . was the man who was the best and most typical American . In the Legislature the problems with which I dealt were mainly problems of honesty and decency and of legislative and administrative ...
... individual who amassed a big fortune . was the man who was the best and most typical American . In the Legislature the problems with which I dealt were mainly problems of honesty and decency and of legislative and administrative ...
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Página 454 - the great highways of the world, and justify the act by the pretension that these avenues of trade and travel belong to them and that they choose to shut them, or, what is almost equivalent, to encumber them with such unjust relations as would prevent their general use.
Página 462 - if the Government of the United States would land troops and restore the Colombian sovereignty" the Colombian President would "declare martial law; and, by virtue of vested constitutional authority, when ' public order is disturbed, would approve by decree the / ratification of the canal treaty as signed; or, if the
Página 533 - 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 dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics, is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.
Página 326 - to all action of this kind there have long been two schools of political thought, upheld with equal sincerity. The division has not normally been along political, but temperamental, lines. The course I followed, of regarding the executive as subject only to the people, and, under the Constitution, bound to serve the people affirmatively in cases where the Constitution
Página 457 - Only the active interference of the United States had enabled her to preserve so much as a semblance of sovereignty. Had it not been for the exercise by the United States of the police power in her interest, her connection with the Isthmus would have been sundered long
Página 530 - We favor strengthening the Sherman Law by prohibiting agreements to divide territory or limit output; refusing to sell to customers who buy from business rivals; to sell below cost in certain areas while maintaining higher prices in other places; using the power of transportation to aid or injure special business concerns; and
Página 456 - October 4, 1860. — Landing of United States forces in consequence. May 23, 1861. — Intervention of the United States forces required, by intendente. October 2, 1861. — Insurrection and civil war. April 4, 1862.—Measures to prevent rebels crossing Isthmus. June 13, 1862.—Mosquera's troops refused admittance to Panama. March,
Página 263 - accompanied by detailed reports from the regimental and other commanders engaged, and a list of the killed and wounded: I cannot speak too highly of the efficient manner in which Colonel Wood handled his regiment, and of his magnificent behavior on the field. The conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt, as reported to me by my two
Página 458 - September 12, 1902. Ranger, Panama: United States guarantees perfect neutrality of Isthmus and that a free transit from sea to sea be not interrupted or embarrassed. . . . Any transportation of troops which might contravene these provisions of treaty should not be sanctioned by you, nor should use of road be permitted which might convert the line of transit into theater of
Página 411 - the President assuming that for the purposes of such a Commission, the term sociologist means a man who has thought and studied deeply on social questions and has practically applied his knowledge." The relief of the whole country was so great that the sudden appearance of the head of the Brotherhood of Railway