WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:46:05 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg cost of living – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Roosevelt, Theodore -- Speech (1910-08-31), “The New Nationalism,” John Brown Memorial Park dedication, Osawatomie, Kansas https://wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/18931/ https://wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/18931/#respond Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:31:51 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=18931 No man can be a good citizen unless he has a wage more than sufficient to cover the bare cost of living, and hours of labor short enough so that after his day’s work is done he will have time and energy to bear his share in the management of the community, to help in carrying the general load. We keep countless men from being good citizens by the conditions of life with which we surround them.


Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1910-08-31), “The New Nationalism,” John Brown Memorial Park dedication, Osawatomie, Kansas
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