From Quotations of Theodore Roosevelt:

[babylonsister]

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From Quotations of Theodore Roosevelt:
Recently several people have written to ask us about a viewpoint TR had on criticism of the presidency. This quote was part of an editorial he wrote for the "Kansas City Star" durning World War I.

"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."

"Roosevelt in the Kansas City Star", 149
May 7, 1918

[Dennis Donovan]

1. That quote cannot be posted enough

[babylonsister]

3. March 28, 2003... that's when

the quote was posted on snopes' board. Ahh, brings back memories, all bad. This could be worse.

[Drahthaardogs]

2. The truth is Teddy Roosevelt called the lynching

of 12 southern italian immigrants "a good start". He was, after all, a Republican....

[babylonsister]

4. That's horrible, but

we know about it.