Teddy Roosevelt: “But lip-loyalty by itself avails very little, whether it is expressed…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900

But lip-loyalty by itself avails very little, whether it is expressed concerning a nation or an ideal.

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Republican · New York

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Arguing for active engagement over passive admiration, this states that mere verbal loyalty is insufficient, whether to a nation or an ideal.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “But lip-loyalty by itself avails very little, whether it is expressed concerning a nation or an ideal.”