The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-04-28
"C0OD CITIZENSHIP"
BY Theodore Roosevelt.


S s s sE;"' %';;':"' before the
"The average citizen mus a good republics
succeed The will permanently rise higher than
greatness is found in the average citizenship of the nation
There unhealthy being less worthy of
pect than he who holds attitude of disbelief all
that great and lofty whether in achievement in that noble
effort which il it fail, second to achievement"
THE credit belongs the who actually in the
whose face maed by dust and and Blood who strives
anty who and again again
effort without and shortcomings but who does actually
strive do the Deeds who knows the great enhusasns the
devoons; who spends himself worthy who the best
the end the triumph high achievement the
worst heais at least fails while barring greatly that his place
shall placed cold md know
81 believe of giving all the people good educa
contain bookearning
order really good
and subteness of intellect polish cleveness
make up for the lack OF the great solid qualities Self restraint
self mastery power of accepting individual
ponsbiy and of acting in conjunction with Others courage
and soution-these the qualities which mark maseul
people"
they tend to value words and for themselves divorced from
gift of oraoy without regard the moral quality behind the
gift is to do wrong to the republic"
"Of all that say of the orator applies with
greater latter day brother
the journalist The power the journalist but he emit
tied neither to admiration because of that unless
used Alright He do and he often does great good He
do, and he often does inAict mischief All Journalists all
possibilities their profession should testimony against
those who deeply discred it, Oaens against and morals
made into debauhng the community through
newspaper Mendacty SANDER, sensaonalm nanity vapd
tvay all potent factors for the debaucby Of the public
mind and conscience. Courage intellect all the maserful
qualities but to make evil they used
merely for that mans advancement with brutal indifference
the rights Of others IL speaks i'll for the community il the
community worshps these CAPABILITIES and treats their
heroes regardless Of whether the capabilities used rightly
wrongly. II the works evil be
he should be desped condemned by all upright and
far seeing To judge merely by abhoent
and il the people at large habuay Judge they
coudone wckedne because the wicked they
show their inability understand that in the last analysis free
suons the character OF citizenship and that by
admiration OF evil they prove themselves unfit for liberty"
"The upon his country inflicted by the
whatever his station who seeks make his divide
the line that class from class occupation from occupation
ing that the only safe standard that which judges each
his whether he be rich poor without
his profession to his station in life"
There have been republics in the past They fell and
the factor their fall the fact that the parties tended
divide the line that wealth from poverty 1t made
difference which side successful; made difference
whether the republic fell under the rule of ogahy under
the rule of mob In either when loyalty class had
been substituted for loyalty the republic the end of the republic
at hand"
"Of especial beyond else, the
republic should beware and that is of the who appeals them
support him the ground that he is hostile other citizens of
republic that he will those who him,
another profit the other citizens of the
public public tries get vote by that he
will do something interest you be absolutely
that il becomes worth his while he will do something
wrong against your interest"