Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
Taft is as fine a fellow as ever sat in the President’s chair, and I cannot express the measureless content that comes over me as I think that the work in which I have so much believed will be carried on by him.
Taft was Roosevelt’s hand-picked successor, but Taft did not live up to Roosevelt’s expectiations.
Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th President of the United States (Republican, NY), Statement to a friend after the election which Taft won, 2008
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Ohio was then supporting Warren G. Harding.
President Carter had just held Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at Camp David for thirteen days, until they reached an agreement on governing Sinai, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. Califano wrote this to Carter in his note the following day.
President Jimmy Carter had little use for diplomatic protocol. JKF’s Chief of Protocol tried to persuade him to give more attention to it. When Carter explained that he just didn’t see how it would help him achieve his objectives, the Ambassador observed: The President never sought Biddle’s advice again.
Theodore Roosevelt had pledged to serve only two terms and everyone was looking to see whom he supported to succeed him in 1908. He had absolutely decided it should be William Howard Taft, his Secretary of War, and old colleague. But he didn’t want to offend the party leaders by precluding their ability to appear to have a say in the choice of nominee. So he made no public statement. But most journalists in Washington realized what the reality was and the Kansas City Times simply published this little ditty.
President Donald Trump was extremely egocentric
While Bannon was more critical of anyone who disagreed wiuth him than most, it was unusual for a conservative to use such harsh tems about a conservative presidential administration.
One-liner, soundbytes, have been good political oratory long before TV
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.
