Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-11
HALF TRUTH BAD
AS A LIE, SAYS
COLONEL IN
ARGENTINE
r Roosevelt Gives Buenos
Ayreans Valuable Pointers
on Liberty, Justice and pis-
tribution Of Wealth.



Buenos Ayrcs. Argentina. Nov. "a.
-Col Theodore Roosevelt delivered
lasi night an address az the Colon
iheaier before tho Mnseo Social Ar
genllna. taking FOR hiss subject
Truths ana Halt Truths"
Ills speech WIS a continuation oi
the recital of hiss political creed. a
portion of which he outlined Oh Mo-
vemheF when ne told ~ the worl,
thnt ne ard hi- foiieNeis had gci
themselves 90 accomplish ia iht Unit
"a states.
Colonel Roosevelt said IN part.
$50 far I have spoken mainly OF the
machinery OF government Far more
Important than the machinery Is the
use To- which this machinery "a put.
Every great modern civilized state.
every state 81 vast Industrial posalhil-
iiiea such a. your own. n faced with
very complex needs. The tromend-
Gus growth Of capitalism. the im-
mcnse fortunes that are made. and
coupled with the growth 81 one or
the ether 81 those forms of political
philosophy which are vaguely group
"a together as sociails:ic create gov
crnmentai problems 81 incredible in
tricacy and Of tho most far-reaching
sienificance.
ON grappllnR with these problems.
the average man is apt o. pin hts
faith 90 haif-truths Moreover. h
"a apt 20 treat each half truth as
complete IN itself and az hostile 40
every other half truth. Yet any pair
OF these half truths may really be
Complementary rather than antago-
nistic 20 ono another In their sum
they may constitute great ana most
useful whole truth. may be la reality
as mlschievous ~ any faisehood. This
a peculiarly trL in the doHtain Of
politics and government.
"Thls doctrine 81 the vital need ~
the whole truth. and OF the useless
ness OF half truths applies 10 a.
thousand matters Of grave concern TO
ps who dwell tn great Industrial mod
ern commemorative As one exam
pie. consider the need Of combining
idoalism with practical good sense IN
realizing an ideal u u absolutely
essential 10 the we'l-helng 81 de-
mocracy that the average citizen shall
possess the power 90 attachment 10
~ ideaj and that the leaders shall
posscss this power to marked do
gree. This il truth but u Il only
half the truth. u is no less essential
thnt neither the leaders nor the pco-
pie shall be mere Missionaries. but
that they shall! possess hard headed
practical good sense m working for
tangible benefits. This a. the other
half 81 tho same truth.
"'rhe possession ~ neither quality
will permanently avail 90 save the
nation unless the other exists. Yet
weu-meaning men often speak as if
the two qualities were aHngonistic.
one man. while vaunting idealism.
sneors az the practical man Of affairs.
IN return the hitter. with no less ig-
norance and Observation-Disclosures. laughs
M and scorus tho idealist Each az
these two treats the half truth of
which he has firm grasp, as hostile
20 the half truth upon which the 9TH
or insists As "a matter Of fact, each
half truth taken by Itself " useless
and In the long run even misohiovous.
only by combining them do we get
the whole truth. the irgth that can
save aud pcrpetuate nation.
take another example of com
Inning two haif truths In order TO
reach vitality necessary whole truth.
There must be ever before our eyes
the ideal of freedom. of liberty This
rs great and mobile truth, but @ b.
only half the truth. Unless we use
common sense ln realizing tho ideal
Of freedom. 81 will only lead 90 am
archg and through anarchy 90 des-
potism and the destruction OF the state
in soul and in body This o. the 9th
er hale truth. taken together we get
the whole truth, and realize that tho
n0hlost of ideals is liberty based on
order and Justice.
"The citizen must hc So trained
that ho shall be- able Ia time Of need
10 defend his rights with q strong
hand. This ls a truth. hut only q halt
truth IT'S vitality necessary compile
ment n that there d. no suror nor
more fatal sign OF weakness than ia-
Gle readiness Co resort GO arms In
foreign. and above ull Zoo civil ana
affairs, for state which
acquires The Revolutionary habit, and
is unable 90 secure the needed Tov-
eminent growth and transformation
without violence Is doomed Again,
u g. true that unless there rs peace,
stability. order no Democracy can
permanently endure and So b. is
no less true That without Justice.
without liberty Tor the people, ana
freedom for them 90 express their
via and have Be translated into action.
pence. stability and order spell death
ana NOS lfo Here likcwire each half
truth s. fatal taken hy Itself, whoro-
aa thc two taken together spell MAJ
liouni wcil-heing
I'm the Hamo way lt win ultimately
ba recognized that mo ideal ana the
practice oi both religion and liberty
taking each Zen its highest deepest
ana brondost sense are complement
iary and mutually necessary Fertor
of roilgious belief D. "a prime factor
ln producing tho righieoumess which
cmltoth q nation. ~ ls no lcfs cs-
sentlal that thcre shall hc complete
ffeedoO1 of ooueripnco Cor orprV man