TR Tuesday, 29 MAY 07

Mr. Roosevelt on the "square deal" and the soldier...

"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough
to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled, and
less than that no man shall have." Speech to veterans, Springfield, IL, July 4,
1903

TR Tuesday, 15 MAY 07

Here's the latest quote from the late great Teddy Roosevelt...

"There are good men and bad men of all nationalities, creeds and colors; and if this world of ours is ever to become what we hope some day it may become, it must be by the general recognition that the man's heart and soul, the man's worth and actions, determine his standing."
Letter, Oyster Bay, NY, September 1, 1903

Today, I leave you with "The Fighter Pilots Prayer"

“Lord I pray for the eyes of an eagle, the heart of a lion and the balls of a ARMY helicopter pilot.”

TR Tuesday, 8 MAY 07

Here's a quote from Mr. Roosevelt about what is expected from America's boys (in a more enlightened time we would just say youth). What would he say about America today?

"A healthy-minded boy should feel hearty contempt for the coward and even more hearty indignation for the boy who bullies girls or small boys, or tortures animals."..."What we have a right to expect of the American boy is that he shall turn out to be a good American man."
"The American Boy," St. Nicholas Magazine, May 1900

Check out more quotes at THIS website.

TR Tuesday, 1 MAY 2007

Mr. Roosevelt gives us his opinion of those who fly and fight...

The ordinary air fighter is an extraordinary man and the extraordinary air fighter stands as one in a million among his fellows.

— Theodore Roosevelt

And then we have these geniuses...

The cavalry, in particular, were not friendly to the aeroplane, which it was believed, would frighten the horses.

— Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, 1910. (Note: This is not that other Sir Walter Raleigh, who was beheaded nearly three hundred years earlier!)

Another popular fallacy is to suppose that flying machines could be used to drop dynamite on an enemy in time of war.

— William H. Pickering, 'Aeronautics,' 1908.

To affirm that the aeroplane is going to 'revolutionize' navel warfare of the future is to be guilty of the wildest exaggeration.

— 'Scientific American,' 16 July 1910.

Aviation is fine as a sport. But as an instrument of war, it is worthless.

— General Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superiure de Guere, 1911.

It is not possible . . . to concentrate enough military planes with military loads over a modern city to destroy that city.

— US Colonel John W. Thomason Jr., November 1937

TR Tuesday, 24 APR 07

Mr. Roosevelt shows he's a man for all seasons with this quote...

When they call the roll in the Senate, the senators do not know whether to answer 'present' or 'guilty.'

TR Tuesday, 17 APR 07

Teddy Roosevelt Tuesday is back with this quote from the great man...

Measure iniquity by the heart, whether a man's purse be full or empty, partly full or partly empty. If the man is a descent man, whether well off or not well off, stand by him; if he is not a decent man stand against him, whether he be rich or poor

Think about that one for a while...or not.

If you didn't appreciate that one consider this one from GEN William Tecumseh Sherman...

“Newspaper correspondents with an army, as a rule, are mischievous. They are the world's gossips, pick up and retail the camp scandal, and gradually drift to the headquarters of some general, who finds it easier to make reputation at home than with his own corps or division. They are also tempted to prophesy events and state facts which, to an enemy, reveal a purpose in time to guard against it. Moreover, they are always bound to see facts colored by the partisan or political character of their own patrons, and thus bring army officers into the political controversies of the day, which are always mischievous and wrong. Yet, so greedy are the people at large for war news, that it is doubtful whether any army commander can exclude all reporters, without bringing down on himself a clamor that may imperil his own safety. Time and moderation must bring a just solution to this modern difficulty.”

The more things change...the more they stay the same.

TR Tuesday, 13 MAR 07 er sorry... Wedensday 14 MAR 07

Here is the Teddy Roosevelt quote of the week...

We believe in all our heartsin democracy; in the capacity of the people to govern themselves; and we are bound to succeed, for our success means not only our own triumph, but the triumph of the cause of the rights of the people throughout the world, and the uplifting of the banner of hope for all the nations of mankind.
- Saratoga, New York
September 27, 1910

TR Tuesday, 27 FEB 07

Here's the TR quote of the day...

"Measure iniquity by the heart, whether a man's purse be full or empty, partly full or partly empty. If the man is a descent man, whether well off or not well off, stand by him; if he is not a decent man stand against him, whether he be rich or poor."

Bonus quote of the day is from General William T. Sherman...

"War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want."

TR Tuesday, 20 FEB 07

The Teddy Roosevelt quote of the week

There is little use for the being whose tepid soul knows nothing of the great and generous emotion, of the high pride, the stern belief, the lofty enthusiasm, of the men who quell the storm and ride the thunder.
- Sorbonne
April 23, 1910

Bonus Dead Guy quote from GEN George S Patton Jr.

"Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo. And when we get to Berlin, I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler. Just like I'd shoot a snake!"
(addressing his troops before Operation Overlord, June 5, 1944)

TR Tuesday, 13 FEB 07

Today's Quote from Teddy Roosevelt concerns talkers and doers...

To sit home, read one's favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men's doing.
- The Outlook
December 21, 1895

BONUS QUOTES from GEN William Tecumseh Sherman

“If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world but I am sure we would be getting reports from hell before breakfast.”

and this one

“You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.”

TR Tuesday

The latest words of wisdom from Teddy R...

"Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep."
New York City
February 17, 1899

And a bonus dead guy quote for today from a guy named Von Clausewitz...

"Kindhearted people might, of course, think there was some ingenious way to disarm or defeat an enemy without too much bloodshed, and might imagine this to be a true goal of the art of war. Pleasant as it sounds, it is a fallacy that must be exposed. War is such a dangerous business that the mistakes which come from kindness are the very worst."

TR Tuesday

Sorry about the dearth of posts around here lately...things have been kind of busy around here as you might imagine. I will try and post what details I can later...but in the mean time here's a Teddy Roosevelt quote that you might find some meaning in...

I believe in nationalism as the absolute prerequisite to internationalism. I believe in patriotism as the absolute prerequisite to the larger Americanism. I believe in Americanism because unless our people are good Americans first, America can accomplish little or nothing worth accomplishing for the good of the world as a whole.

This is something I think a lot of people in our great nation would do well to heed. But what the hell do I know?...(sarcasm on)I'm just an ignorant dupe of the Bush family (sarcasm off)

The Arena

Since I already gave you one TR quote the other day, here's another that I feel is very fitting...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

You can see the entire text of this speech (given in FRANCE) HERE

Thought of the Day

H/T EjectX3

The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life. -- Teddy Roosevelt

The more I learn about TR the smarter he becomes to me...we could sure use some people like him right now.