Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
Let the People Rule!
Slogan that Theodore Roosevelt developed to go with this attempt to nominate Presidents with Primary Elections. Prior to his 1912 run for the Presidency, presidential nominees were selected by the delegates to the party national convention. Since then the parties have used various combinations of delegates that were bound by primary election results in their state and other delegates who could use their judgment. No combination has been totally satisfactory and both major American political parties tinker with the combination every four years.
Theodore Roosevelt Slogan he developed to go along with his effort to have primary elections 1912 Quoted in “Yes, This Too Shall Pass” The New York Times, October 30, 2016
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The editorial was commenting on the Republican National Convention in 1912. After serving two terms as President, and being out of office for 4 years, Roosevelt decided to challenge the sitting Republican President Taft for the Republican nomination, He had urged and obtained Republican primary elections in a number of states and had won almost all. This was the first time primaries were used in a presidential party nomination. However at the convention, many of the delegates from the state which voted for Roosevelt in the Primary elections voted for Taft nonetheless. There was incredible bitterness. The Republican party slit and TR formed a new Party—the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party and he got more votes than Taft did, However the two split the Republican vote adn Woodrow Wilson, the Democrat, won with a plurality. For the Republicans, the first Presidential Primary attempt was a disaster.
The irony of this quotation is that he is the architect and controller of the Russian system that he is criticizing.
The only soldier ever so honored. At the beginning of WWII, President Roosevelt and Churchill wanted the U. S. Army to invade German and Italian North Africa. Marshall, General Eisenhower, and all the other military men, advised that while it was possible, it would be a diversion from the strategic objective of invading Europe. None the less FDR ordered the invasion. The effect on the American people was wonderful, It showed that the Germans were not invincible, increased enlistment and morale at home, and developed more popular support for the war. Later, Marshall learned much about Democratic leadership and he, himself became a very effective government leader, and began to appreciate FDR’s approach but with a little cynicism about democracy.
- Born: October 27, 1858
- Died: January 6, 1919
- Nationality: American
- Profession: Nobel Peace Prize
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.
