Citizenship in a Republic: Presidential Words of Wisdom

[CorpGovActivist]

"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." -- Teddy Roosevelt

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

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Kudos to the 7 Democratic candidates and their partisans, as Iowa is upon us. Those who did more than criticize "shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

Best to all,

- Dave

[pearl]

1. What an encouraging thought

Thanks, those are my sentiments as well. The fights are fierce, the discussions are sometimes upsetting but it's so good to be reminded of the bigger picture.
I've had this thought about Iowa still being the future, the Nov. election still in the future.
The great thing about the future is it can still be changed.

[CorpGovActivist]

2. It Is, Huh?

You're very welcome, and if you're ever in DC, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Island">Roosevelt Island park (in the middle of the Potomac) is well worth a visit.

It's peaceful, lots of wildlife, birds, and greenery, and great open-air slabs with Roosevelt quotations, including a snippet of the one in the OP.

Here's to changing the future!

- Dave

[pearl]

3. I've been to DC just once

Many years ago in Jan after a snowstorm when taxi fares were double during bad weather. Didn't get to
see a damn thing.
"Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living" Mother Jones

[CorpGovActivist]

4. Come back in April...

... it's beautiful.

As for Mother Jones: schoolchildren in WV still read about her in elementary school.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_Mine_War_of_1912-1913

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_jones#Children.27s_Crusade

; )

- Dave

[CorpGovActivist]

5. P.S. The DC Cabbies...

... tried to strike recently, over the plan to move from the arcane "zone plan" to http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=dc+cabbies+strike">meters.

- Dave