WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Tue, 05 May 2026 17:55:38 +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 oligarch – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Roosevelt, Theodore -- Speech (1910-04-23), “Citizenship in a Republic [The Man in the Arena],” Sorbonne, Paris https://wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/74048/ https://wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/74048/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:53:32 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=74048 The man who, if born to wealth and power, exploits and ruins his less fortunate brethren is at heart the same as the greedy and violent demagogue who excites those who have not property to plunder those who have.


Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1910-04-23), “Citizenship in a Republic [The Man in the Arena],” Sorbonne, Paris
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Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976) American screenwriter and novelist [James Dalton Trumbo]
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