From the speech, Citizenship in a Republic, 1910

2012-10-162012-10-16 / hsoi

If a public man tries to get your vote by saying that he will do something wrong in your interest, you can be absolutely certain that if ever it becomes worth his while he will do something wrong against your interest.

– Theodore Roosevelt

Read it in context here.

2 thoughts on “From the speech, Citizenship in a Republic, 1910”

dave

2012-10-16 at 7:39 pm

Unfortunately Roosevelt went on to form the Progressive party.
- hsoi
  
  2012-10-16 at 7:59 pm
  
  Yeah I know. The irony is that this is one of those “takes one to know one” sorts of situations…. or that he speaks from direct experience, etc..

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