Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-18
Maxims Of Roosevelt,

Our place as nation is and must be
with the nations that have left indelibly
their impress ON the centuries
No other citizen deserves so we'll of the
republic as the veterans. the survivors of
those who saved the union.
We have passed that state of national
development when depreciation of other
peoples is felt as a tribute to our own.
Publicity can do no harm to the honest
corporations; and we need not be overly
tender about sparing the dishonest cor
pOra ton.
The voice of the weakling or the \craven
counts for nothing when he clambrs for
peace; but the voice of the just man
armed is pllent
do notthink, so far as know that
m thiRs fo di not MAZE strong to
But virtue, by itself is not enough. or
anything like enough; STRENGTH must be
that strength.
We desire the peace that comes as of
right to the just man armed; not the
peace granted on termS of ignominy to
the craven and the wea Killing.
The very existence off unreaSoning hos
tility to wealth shbuldy make us all the
more careful in seeing that wealth does
nothing to justify that hostility.
No one can toQ stron lily insist upon the
elementary fact that yd u cannot build the
Ssuperstructnre of pub ic virtue save on
private. virtue.
II is no use. to preach II yox g. not act
defently yourself. You >k3st- aat the
Smtst effective way in Han "a VI can
preach is by your pract 1.q II
we doe not wish to burage Ater-
prise. We do not desirl destrdy cor
rorations: we do desire but them fully
al tne service OF the sta and peopl r.
A man of great wealth no does no use
that wealth decently is, In a pee uliar
sense. menace to the community and
SO is the mangwho does not use his ntel-
lect Alright
1t should he as much the aim of hose
who seek for social betterment' to rid the
business world of crimes OF lcunning IS to
rid the entire body poliuct of crimel of
If demagogues or ignorant enthusiasts
who are misled by demagoguesS could l3uc-
coed in DESTROYING wealth. they WOULD of
course, simply work the ruin of the len
tire community.
respect You if you were not. I do hot
Want to see Christianity protested oily
(by weaklings; 1 want to see it q moving
spirit among men of strength.
! A man who is good enough I'd shed his
Piood for the country is good enough to
pc given a Squire deal afterward. More
shan that, no man is entitled to; and less
ttan that, no man shall have.
! have heard the millionaire say. II
have had t4 work all my life TO make
money; let my boy spend it, 1t would
be better for the boy never to have been
born than to be brought up on that prin-
cipe
Everything that tends to deaden indi-
vdual initiative is to be avoided and un-
less in a given case there is some very
evident gain which will flow from state
or municipal ownership, it should not be
adopted
The man who by swindline or wrong
doing acquires great wealth for himself
at the expense of his fellow, stands as low
morally as any predatory medieval no.
bleman. and is a more dangerous member
of society.
believe that we are now at the outset
OF the twentieth century: lace to face
with great world problems: that we can
not help playing the part Of a great world |
power; that an we can dectle is whether |
We will play it we'll or not.
There will be fluctuation. from time to |
time in our prosperity, but it will con-
t uhue TO grow Justso long as we keep up
snip and permit it to work out it's own
salvation under proper economic legisia-