Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
To have acted otherwise ... would have been the betrayal of the interests of the United States.
Roosevelt, Theodore. "Special Message." 4 Jan. 1904. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, vol. 14, Bureau of National Literature, 1911, p. 6888.
The Copperheads were the Northern pro-South and anti-war faction of the Civil War.
Napoleon was referring to vices like alcohol, opium, and tobacco which could be taxed heavily with much support of many citizens. This could finance the nation. That was the logic of the quote.
The only soldier ever so honored. He was then the Chief of Staff of the Army.
The possession in perpetuity was the result of the Biblical Jubilee. See {638120} for an example of how the Jubilee functioned. Hebrew citizen could NEVER lose his land permanently even if he could not pay his debts. Spinoza was one of the most feared intellectuals in human history—feared that is by the established power structures. He is the only known person who was excommunicated by the Catholics, the Jews and the Muslims—all were forbidden to read his works. He was the enemy of authority and advocated personal reason as the guide for men.
The Scientific Project that developed the Atomic Bomb. Oppenheimer, like most sophisticated intellectuals and scientists of the time had acquaintances who were communists or Communist sympathizer in Oppenheimer's case his brother and wife were both members of communist organizations. They too severed their connections. At the time Russia was on major ally in the war against Hitler and fascism. However since the Communist Revolution of 1917 there had been an animus between the American and Russian governments. The work on the atomic bomb was so secret that everybody was a potential suspect and security risk, even our allies. In the final analysis it was a spy in the Manhattan project who was there as part of the British contribution to the project. The security people were chasing after all the scientists who had friends or acquaintances who were communists and missed the real spy who had no such connections.
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.
