Teddy Roosevelt, as mentioned by Edwards on Sunday...."Man in the Arena"

[Gloria]

(Face the Nation)....EXACTLY RIGHT!!! Teddy--Republican, reformer, Progressive, Conservationist...even my nutty RW mother ADORES TR!!

TR has been long forgotten...I sure hope JE keeps bringing him and relating him to today!!!


20th Century Leaders and Revolutionaries
http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/troosevelt.html


Quotations of TR

http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/quotes.htm

one of the top 3



One of the top three most requested quotes is that regarding the "man in the arena" or "not the critic"

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Teddy Roowevelt -- the favorite president of Elmer Fudd.

(Sorry!) :)

[LeighAnn]

2. My TR video

I made a Teddy Roosevelt music video one time... It's a catchy tune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXqb6IwP-5c

[Gloria]

3. Great Video, LeighAnn!! I downloaded it!

[Gloria]

4. Edwards/Roosevelt!!!!!

(You can take your pick which Roosevelt, but I'm going for the ROBUST TR!!