Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
This is the last office I shall ever hold. I have offended so many powerful interests and so many powerful politicians.
TR has somewhat of a “straight arrow” and a reformer at the same time. The ethical standards of politics then were even lower than that of modern times, and Roosevelt particularly offended the people in his own party. See {585079} for the negative view of TR by the head of his own party.
Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th President of the United States (Republican, NY), Statement to a friend on his being elected vice president of the United States
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Rejecting the political support of Joseph R. McCarthy and other radical conservatives:
Nixon’s remark {583773} had been suppressed by the Nixon family and McGovern and the world first heard it 40 years after the fact.
Weyrich and many other extreme religious conservatives are often loose with legal and political facts. Actually President Clinton was impeached by the Republican Controlled House of Representatives, but was acquitted by the Senate which decided that he was not guilty of what his political enemies had accused him of or those things were not of sufficient import to warrant impeachment. What Weyrich probably meant was that if there had been a moral majority in America, Clinton would have been convicted and removed from office. Ironically, the Republican Speaker of the House which impeached Clinton had been Newt Gingrich, who abandoned his first wife and was having an affair with a staff member. Livingston who was then elected speaker of the House also was committing adultery as were many in the group who found Clinton morally wanting for his sexual activity with am intern and his attempted coverup. They too, tried to cover up their scandalous behavior.
George W. Bush had become very unpopular and many politicians were trying to distance themselves from him, his policies, and the poor implementation of those policies. Senator Joseph Lieberman, a Democrat, had just lost his own primary election and was attacked because he advocated support of the American president in war and foreign policy.
Judge Ebenezer Hoar was nominated by President Grant to the Supreme Court. Hoar was not confirmed by the Senate:
Advising against altering duty rates for imports:
Alluding to the many scandals of the Reagan administration:
Champ Clark, the other Missouri Senator was a rabid isolationist and caused the administration much trouble. As a result the Roosevelt people paid a lot of attention to him and took Truman for granted. In particular, they did not give him the patronage in the state that he deserved using it instead to try and deal with Clark. Early reported the conversation to FDR who realizing their mistake invited Truman to the White House and patched things up. So FDR had personal experience with Truman and his candor and gumption. When the party leadership suggested Truman as FDR’s running mate, it was experiences like this which FDR weighed and agreed that Truman was a good man for the job.
The inflation was very high at the time. Employment was good however. Volker warned that his measures to curtail inflation would curtail growth and jobs. Carter accepted the risk and appointed Volker. Just as he said, Volker choked the economy breaking the inflation, but sent Carter into a reelection campaign with high unemployment and little growth. Carter lost.
- 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.
