Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
I am having immense fun running the Navy.
One of the interesting things about Roosevelt is that he thoroughly enjoyed both the politics and the administrative parts of his different positions.
Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th President of the United States (Republican, NY), Statement to Bellamy Storer, August 19, 1897
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Leadership is a skill that has eluded many of the most brilliant people in the world. Science is one of the most difficult environments in which to exercise leadership. By nature authority comes from logic and observation and not structure or position. Yet large scientific projects need some kind of organization and management.
The speaker had negotiated a wonderful budget with President Barak Obama, but he had many extreme Republican Tea Party Conservatives who would not support the compromise. The speaker could have passed the bill anyway with the votes of the Democrats and the more rational and centrist Republicans, but he chose not do do so and renegged on his fairly public agreement with the President rather than have a large part of his caucus repudiate him. Talk show host Jay Leno had asked him why de did that. This was his profound answer. Ironically, the dissidents turned on him anyway, and he lost many of his followers. So he resigned as the speaker and also from the House itself
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., often referred to as Teddy or his initials T. R., was an American statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer, who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He previously served as 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900 and the 25th vice president of the United States from March to September 1901. Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and became a driving force for anti-trust and Progressive policies.
