On the record
In the first place, it is a bad thing for Troy if Troy will not stand idealism; and in the next place it is a poor type of ideal that is of no use in Troy.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Roosevelt warns that rejecting idealism can be detrimental to a community like Troy.
Share
More from Teddy Roosevelt
Aug 30, 1910
A broken promise is bad enough in private life. It is worse in the field of politics.
Aug 30, 1910
Our country—this great Republic—means nothing unless it means the triumph of a real democracy, the triumph of popular government, and, in the long run, of an economic system under which each man shall be guaranteed the opportunity to show…
Other voices in this conversation
