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I was looking up the source of a quote today and came across this one from amost unlikely source.
Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels – men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. Dwight D. Eisenhower
It would be well for someof the people in America today on both sides of the political spectrum to remember this advice. The emphasis is mine.
& a couple more one:
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. Theodore Roosevelt
A policy decision I would like to see.
It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws. Theodore Roosevelt
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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. Theodore Roosevelt
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Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor. Theodore Roosevelt
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Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk big; we must act big. Theodore Roosevelt
& a couple more one:
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. Theodore Roosevelt
A policy decision I would like to see.
It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws. Theodore Roosevelt
,
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. Theodore Roosevelt
,
Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor. Theodore Roosevelt
,
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk big; we must act big. Theodore Roosevelt
TR is one of my favorite historical figures
