Roosevelt was reminding us of adeeper truth:that true victory is in thestriving,the going for it. Not the win, not the loss, not the outcome. Sure, we all want to win, to be successful. But Roosevelt knew that striving was theimportantthing– getting in the arena, taking the blows, ...
Rough Rider Redux ; Teddy Roosevelt Tried to Recapture Power and Glory in the Years after His Popular PresidencyTheodore Roosevelt completely dominated American politics during the 7-1/2 years that he served as the nation's 26th president. He was just 50 years old and very healthy at the end...
When he became convinced, four years after retiring from the presidency, that his Republican Party was no longer interested in meaningful reform, Roosevelt founded his own new party, the Progressive Party, and waged the most successful third-party campaign for president in American history. Although...
Teddy Roosevelt 应运而生的时代英雄——泰迪·罗斯福 Teddy RooseveltThey don’t hold White House lunches the way they used to at the beginning of the century. On Jan. 1, 1907, for example, the guest list was as follows: a Nobel prizewinner, a naval historian, a biographer, an essayist,...
After his presidency, on a trip down the Amazon, a bedridden Roosevelt almost did himself in with an overdose of morphine to save his companions from having to cart him through an impasse in the bush. Teddy Roosevelt also glorified war for its own sake, treating it as a refreshing purgat...
In any case, Roosevelt refused the nomination after the Bull Moose Party chose him to be its standard-bearer in the presidential election. The party tried next to give the nomination to Charles Evan Hughes, a sitting justice on the Supreme Court. Hughes also refused. The Progressives held the...
Theodore Roosevelt unexpectedly became president of the United States in September 1901, after the assassination of William McKinley. His Forgien Policy “Speak softly, but carry a big stick.” Talk peace but have a powerful military. His “Big Stick” was the Great White Fleet. ...
On the other side, Roosevelt discovered evidence of mountain lions hunting deer among the bluffs. He followed the trail, but, after losing the trail, he headed back, determined to hunt the mountain lions the next day. “But we never carried out our intentions, for next morning one of my ...
Teddy Roosevelt 应运而生的时代英雄——泰迪·罗斯福 Teddy Roosevelt They don't hold White House lunches the way they used to at the beginning of the century. On Jan. 1, 1907, for example, the guest list was as follows: a Nobel prizewinner, a naval historian, a biographer, an essayist...
Or so it seemed in April 1915, when ex-President Teddy Roosevelt and one-time New York Republican Party boss William Barnes squared off in a Syracuse, New York courtroom. Barnes was the plaintiff, Roosevelt the defendant. The charge was libel, based on a written statement Roosevelt had ...