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25 Oct 2017, 1:01 am
Theodore Roosevelt wrote in 1900, “Mightiest among the mighty dead loom the three great figures of Washington, Lincoln, and Grant. [read post]
23 Jan 2007, 9:01 pm
Regarding the economic imbalance in our country, I am reminded of the situation President Theodore Roosevelt faced in the early days of the 20th century. [read post]
9 Aug 2022, 5:00 am
An Un-strenuous Life In 1899, Theodore Roosevelt gave his “Strenuous Life” speech. [read post]
5 Jan 2015, 7:37 am
For example, when Theodore Roosevelt became head of the New York Police Commission in the 1890s, he began to strictly enforce laws that required saloons to close on Sundays. [read post]
17 Dec 2018, 8:02 am
As you note, he had hoped that President Theodore Roosevelt would nominate him to the U.S. [read post]
13 Nov 2011, 11:55 am
Some opponents of the effort to recall Governor Scott Walker have claimed that the recall provisions of the Wisconsin State Constitution are intended solely to permit the recall of elected officials when they have engaged in criminal or grossly unethical conduct. [read post]
28 Dec 2006, 6:32 pm
I am related both to Theodore Roosevelt (7th cousins, 3 times removed) and Aaron Burr (3rd cousins, 7 times removed) no jokes please... according to the book Founding Fathers, it's not certain whether he or Alexander Hamilton actually fired first... [read post]
2 Nov 2014, 1:01 am
South Dakota is home to some very large sculptures, including 6,200-foot Mount Rushmore featuring the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 7:18 am
Long after Webster settled the Caroline affair amicably, Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson all argued that the United States had a right to use force against failed or rogue states whose conduct endangered international order, and all ordered American troops into action on that ground. [read post]
2 Apr 2018, 4:46 am
He was succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, for whom a statue on horseback guards the entry to Oyster Bay, Long Island. [read post]
27 Mar 2020, 9:05 pm
Acting under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt designated Devils Tower as the first national monument over 100 years ago. [read post]
4 Jul 2010, 9:14 pm
Our first WWII vet President and War Hero he was from an old line political machine yet like Theodore Roosevelt spoke like a populist. [read post]
14 Oct 2021, 7:07 am
Those 18 deaths (and well over a hundred serious injuries) caught the eye of President Theodore Roosevelt, who organized a meeting between Harvard, Yale, and Princeton to review the rules of the sport in an attempt to make it safer for the participants as well as to preserve the amateur nature of the game. [read post]
6 Oct 2014, 7:01 am
For example, although he had doubts about an income tax, President Theodore Roosevelt told Congress on Dec. 7, 1907: The inheritance tax, however, is both a far better method of taxation, and far more important for the purpose of having the fortunes of the country bear in proportion to their increase in size a corresponding increase and burden of taxation. [read post]
10 Jun 2009, 12:20 am
Ogle was responsible for three murders or to lament at the fact that he was not himself "caught in the crossfire".I am drawn to quote from a speech that was given by Theodore Roosevelt in Paris in 1910:It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. [read post]
8 Jul 2020, 9:00 pm
”President Trump offered himself as the direct descendent and protector of the legacies of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and (Theodore) Roosevelt. [read post]
28 Oct 2009, 2:14 pm
In 1905 the game was so dangerous, regularly killing participants, that President Theodore Roosevelt summoned the coaches of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton to Washington D.C. for a summit on how to make the game safer and threatened to take action in the absence of significant reform. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 5:55 am
BRINKLEY, The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America,p. 414 (2009). [read post]
30 Jun 2016, 10:01 am
We grant you it is easier to garner great customer satisfaction when you are selling El Capitan’s awesome granite peaks at Yosemite, the kaleidoscopic colors of the springs and geysers at Yellowstone, or the sweeping grasslands of Theodore Roosevelt, than if you are selling toner cartridges, toilet paper, and tools. [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 3:30 am
McDowell was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt. [read post]
