Who Am I?

I am under 45 years old,
I love the outdoors,
I hunt,
I am a Republican reformer,
I have taken on the Republican Party establishment,
I have many children,
I have a spot on the national ticket as vice president with less than
two years in the governor’s office.
Did you guess?

*Click the Read More link to see the answer*

I’m Teddy Roosevelt.

As a bonus, here are a few timeless quotes from President Roosevelt.

“A healthy-minded boy should feel hearty contempt for the coward and even more hearty indignation for the boy who bullies girls or small boys, or tortures animals.”…”What we have a right to expect of the American boy is that he shall turn out to be a good American man.”

“There are good men and bad men of all nationalities, creeds and colors; and if this world of ours is ever to become what we hope some day it may become, it must be by the general recognition that the man’s heart and soul, the man’s worth and actions, determine his standing.”

“A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”

“Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.”

“Men with the muckrake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.” “An epidemic in indiscriminate assault upon character does not good, but very great harm.” “There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a benefactor every writer or speaker, every man who, on the platform, or in book, magazine or newspaper, with merciless severity makes such attack, provided always that he in his turn remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful.”

“There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother.”

“Don’t hit at all if you can help it; don’t hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep.”

“There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility.”

Posted by: Vonski | 09-16-2008 | 06:09 PM
Posted in: Politics