Free speech, exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where the people are themselves free. Our Government is the servant of the people, whereas in Germany it is the master of the people. This is because the American people are free and the German people are not free. | |
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 as 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. | |
— Republican President Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt | |
[This is the third time I’ve posted a “version” (longer or shorter, NOT edited / modified) of this quote by President Roosevelt. It strikes me as ironic that last time the post was titled “Unpatriotic And Servile“, but here I am again, complaining about Republicans. One of the other two was ONLY about “Tea-Party”ers. I guess it’s true that history repeats itself. Particularly when the “Party” doesn’t learn – or even acknowledge – its lesson the first time around. And, yes, the emphasis is mine and does not appear in the original. — KMAB] | |
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Morally Treasonable
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #LyingDonald, Criticism Of The President, Free Press, Free Speech, Germany, Philosophy, Politics, President Theodore Roosevelt, Quotes, Servile, The President, Treason, Unpatriotic on February 4, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Prediction: Morning Is Coming After A Long Night Of #LyingDonald
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #LyingDonald, Czech Proverb, Disinfectants, Electric Light, Free Press, Lord, Louis D. Brandeis, Policemen, Politics, Quotes, Sunlight on December 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The Lord will drench you with His showers, but he will dry you with His sun. | |
— Czech Proverb | |
Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman. | |
— Louis D. Brandeis | |
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court | |
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A Message To The White House Press Corps
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged Albert Einstein, Authority, Free Press, Journalism, Politics, Quotes, Respect, Truth, White House Press Corps on November 21, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. | |
— Albert Einstein | |
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Or Attacks On A Free Press
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #LyingDonald, Books, Free Press, Judy Blume, Politics, Quotes on August 22, 2018| Leave a Comment »
It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. | |
– Judy Blume | |
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