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Theodore Roosevelt

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Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.


— Theodore Roosevelt


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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not guilty."


— Theodore Roosevelt


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To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.


— Theodore Roosevelt


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A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.


— Theodore Roosevelt


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A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.


— Theodore Roosevelt


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No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.


— Theodore Roosevelt


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With self-discipline most anything is possible.


— Theodore Roosevelt


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To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.


— Theodore Roosevelt


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We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.


— Theodore Roosevelt


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I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.


— Theodore Roosevelt


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" Leaving the convention with his idealism disillusioned by party politics Roosevelt said he had no further aspiration but to retire to his ranch in the Badlands of the Dakota Territory which he had purchased the previous year while on a buffalo hunting expedition. Media
Theodore Roosevelt was one of the first presidents whose voice was recorded for posterity. Wiegand has portrayed Roosevelt in all 50 US states.

On the world stage Roosevelt's policies were characterized by his slogan "Speak softly and carry a big stick". He successfully energized the GOP base as a highly visible campaigner to reelect President William McKinley on a platform of high tariffs the gold standard imperialism prosperity at home and victory abroad. He attended Harvard University where he studied biology boxed and developed an interest in naval affairs.

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