Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-21
FAMOUS EF|GRAMS
UTTERED BY ROOSEVELT
Many of His Short. Pithy Phrases
Are Engrafted on Our
Language.

Theodore Roosevelt was a great maker
Of opigrams. The short and pithy phrases
of his coinage now arc part oi tho language
uf the country II will hc long before any
one who s.es or hears the words "Buliy
and "pec-hghtcdr or the phrase. tho
strenuous life" will not think at once of
Col Roosevelt
Some pf the striking expressions of 'oi
Roosevelt : making, or OF ms 50 pointed
usc that, although he dld not orlginatc
them. they always viii bc associated WITH
HIM instead oi the author, follow
speak softly. but carry ltig stick.
Tins was his early definition at hls political
creed And for wears thereafter no cartoon
al Tho Colonel was considered complete
unless II contained the artist $ conception
OF the Flg Stick
Nv hat Is IN the ring, WAS the way
hc announced he was candidate for
President
s1Nv spear knows no brother. was u
ouotetlon that he used So effectively that
II generally Is associated with hm
"perdicariS ahVc or Ralsuh dead. was
thu Roosevelt answer when the bandit
Ra,suh cap'urcd and held for ransom
Prr,hcarl,, an American cltizcn
u have tcrth and can tisr them So
sand llonscvclt when hc Ne arguing with
Gcn Miles over the case 1 Rear Admiral
Schlcy
.Thc shor, and ugly word, became a
popular phrase throughout the country
inst as soon ~ Roosevelt used y IN his
verbal brush with the late l. IL liarri-
man
Nalcfactors ut great wealth, was
ph-aSc mad, famous bv Roosevelt
Dam the law Ruld the canal That
l,..r ttt. a. ~ ~
started t. tcll hlm the legal obstacles IN
The way of linking the Atlanuc and Pacific
at ranama
4 am Tor the squarc deal was one OF
thc expressions ~ an early speech that
eavc IN. country popular c,tchword
Thr pohrC loard dR~ not make or re
peal laws II cniorCCS lhcm ~ SAID
kno.evclt when he was Pclcc Commls-
slnner uf New \ ork titN Aud those were
widely quoted word ~ the time
We stand 81 Nrmarcddon and We
battle Tor ihc Lord When Roosevelt
uSrd that phrase 10 describe the political
fight he and hls followers made IN the So
called Sull Nonsc campaign there was
great hu>lnc~- ~ booking NJ \rmagcddcn.
which was found IN the Bible
feel like hull moose was an cV-
presslon that gave that name to the Pro
rrcsslvc wing of The Republican party
Better faithful than famous was the
aphonsm hc evolved tor himself when he
entered politics
took thc canal Xonc and lct Con
grc,, debate. wt> another vidcl, quoted
sentence
Never ,trlkc SOFT II YOU must hat 2
man, nut HIM ~ sleep lhai Was srntl-
mrnt frequently cNprcSscd hy Roosevelt
N hl~ latter daN speeches
All the kIuEs ] have ever met are
cross between NirC-l President and =
leader 81 III 100. Was characteristics n
mark Roosevelt made N spccchr~ IN the
Far West when President
'~,.mc one asked nc Whv did not get
an agreement with Columbia he saId on
another occasion "Thcv might Just rs
well ask me WHY do not nail cranberry
lrllv 10 the NALL
Il you over prinf anything wthou,
nv PERMISSION I shall dcny u hC sad
when newt, inauguratcd - governor Z"
newspaper reporters Nnl they rCmcn-
htred III
/ DO not number party loyalty among
nv frn commandments HIS was unc
- h., most famous expressions mad,
when h, declared war on political bosses
.Mvas,l words. Wa The phrase he
applied 10 words oi President Wilson
NoliVcoddlc> Anania- rantor
"Pa>,Nlaotcr "Crnvcn> and Weak
hng> Nv, krakcrs. W,rc among the
superlatlNe> that 81 Roosevelt put with
vcrhs and name Ia public httatk- ou those
with h0m he Was dlSplUa>cd