Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-14
IDEALS OF
CITIZENSHIP
ny THEODORE ROOSEVELT
From the Presidents Latest Book "A Square Deal"

HI From Deal" Hi
KANKIND goes ahead but slowly and il ahead mainly
MI through each Of trying do the best that in him and
IY to a. i in the sanest way. WE HAVE FOUNDED :
! OUR REPUBLIC UPON THE THEORY THAT THE
AVERAGE MAN WILL AS RULE, DO THE RIGHT Thing;
that in the long run the majority will decide for what and
wholesome mistaken in that theory the
times becomes occasionally but the
people do what unwhoesome what is wrong then the re-
public cannot stand how good its laws not what
marvellous MECHANISM its constitution may embody Back OF the
laws back of back the system Of government
lies the man. average manhood of people and in the long
going up down accordingly as the average
standard citizenship does does growth and grace
THE First OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP IS THAT THE
MAN SHALL THE HoMELX EVERYDAY HuMDRuM DUTIES
WELL
man is not good citizen do how lofty his thoughts
are about citizenship the abstract in the concrete his actions do
not bear them out much difference how high his
anons for mankind at large may be- does behave well in
family those aspirations do not bear visible fruit He must
good breadwnne he take of his wife and his children
he neghbor whom his neghbors trust he must act
squarey relations all these everyday ord
nary good citizen But he must do
In this country of the average citizen must devote good deal
of thought and the affairs of the whole those affairs
will backward and he devote that thought and time steadily
and inteligently.
If THERE is ANY ONE QUALITY THAT is NOT DESIRABLE.
WHETHER IN NATION OR IN AN INDIVIDUAL IT IS HysTERics
EITHER IN RELIGION OR ANYTHING ELSE
The up days indifference duty
eleventh day morbid about that duty of scan
in the world Now in the OF no possible use to decline
through all ordinary duties of citizenship for long of time
and then suddenly up and feel about something
somebody clearly defined demand reform if
substance to be handed out forthwith
We need good laws nee honest administration Of the laws and
afford to be contented with less but MORE THAN
AUGHT ELSE WE NEED THAT THE AVERAGE NAM
SHALL HAVE IN HIM THE ROOT OF RIGHTEOUS LIv-
ING that the average shall have him the feeling that will
make him ashamed to do submit and that wilt
make him feel his bounen help those that weaker help
especially way dependent upon him while not
way losing his power individual initiative cultivate with
out ceasing the further power of acting in combination with his fell
Of
One word upon life upon the that each of
should for great mstakeoh such great maketo
merely by that which gters from without
speak of in which will misead those about
There must course be for certain material basis
should think ill of who did wish leave his children
little and little off materially than he was and
CANNOT DO HIS DUTY BY HIS OWN CHILDREN HE Is
NOT GOING TO DO HIS DUTY BY ANY ONE ELSE
But after that certain of material prosperity has BEEN
gained then the things that really the things of the
soul rather than the things of money and that each of
he will really think of what that made him most happy of what
that made him respect his negbbors will agree with
Look back your lives what the things that you
poude of you look back and you will almost every and
every find those pride associated
with days of but with days of effort the day when you had
to do all that for worthy end and the worhest of
all worthy ends make those that you
your wife children and those youhappy and sorry
that alive and after that has been done be able ham
die yourself that feel when the end that the whole
your communit fellow little better off, and
little worse off because you have lived.
Treat each according his worth Don't hold for
against him that he eey rich poor BUT IF HE rs RIC
AND CROOKED HOLD IT AGAINST HIM IF NOT RICH,
BUT CROOKED, THEN HOLD TT AGAINST HIM BUT LEI
HE is SQUARE MAN STAND BY HIM pistrust all who
would have any class placed before any other
OTHER REpusrlcs HAVE FALLEN BECAUSE OF THE uN-
scRuPuLous RICH OR uNscRuPuLous POOR GAINED
AscENDEncx SUBSTITUTED GLASS FOR Low
Atty PEOPLE A WHOLE
Abolish the inoence and arrogance of the rich look
upon the II they lost their wealth they would be ready
plumber the rich The inscriptions who rich would
oppress the poor The who rghteou
and the who will steal for you viii steal from you
Let be eadast for the right side of gem
eoy rather than the side vndictvene toward those vho
differ the attaining right let us never