“Citizenship In A Republic/ The Man In The Arena” by Theodore Roosevelt Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, France on April 23, 1910Strange and impressive associations rise in the mind of a man from the New World who speaks before this august body in this ancient institution of learning. Before his eyes pass the shadows of… Read More
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“The Man with the Muck-rake” by President Theodore Roosevelt, on April 14, 1906, in Washington, D.C. *Given as President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the office of the House of Representatives [1] Over a century ago Washington laid the corner stone of the Capitol in what was then little more than a tract of wooded… Read More
“Strength and Decency” by Theodore Roosevelt, on August 16, 1903, in Oyster Bay, New York His Address at the quarterly meeting of the Society of the Holy Name of Brooklyn and Long Island I am particularly glad to see such a society as this flourishing as your society has flourished, because the future welfare of… Read More
“Duties of American Citizenship” by Theodore Roosevelt, on January 26, 1883 Of course, in one sense, the first essential for a man’s being a good citizen is his possession of the home virtues of which we think when we call a man by the emphatic adjective of manly. No man can be a good citizen… Read More
