tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post114323806003693024..comments2024-03-27T11:26:52.574-04:00Comments on Litbrit: And the People, Recovering Their True SightDeborah Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527317477388626268noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post-1143248553670866292006-03-24T20:02:00.000-05:002006-03-24T20:02:00.000-05:00Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there sh...<I>Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. </I><BR/><BR/>YES! Thanks for that, Stephen. So true. Free speech is more important now than ever before, I believe. Freedom to criticize, to demand <I>accountability</I>, to demand <I>more</I>.<BR/><BR/>You know, we all need to get behind Gore. He is one of very few politicians who have that sort of intellect, passion, and integrity. I long for a real leader, the kind this nation had in days gone by. Another Kennedy, another Lincoln, another Jefferson. *BIG sigh*Deborah Newellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02527317477388626268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post-1143243320811059012006-03-24T18:35:00.000-05:002006-03-24T18:35:00.000-05:00from my main man teddy roosevelt, a real damn repu...from my main man teddy roosevelt, a real damn republican (his secretary of state was john hay who was lincoln's private secretary)<BR/><BR/>"This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fails. We put him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a threat to this country." <BR/>Memphis, TN, October 25, 1905<BR/><BR/>"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else." <BR/><BR/>"Roosevelt in the Kansas City Star", 149<BR/>May 7, 1918<BR/><BR/>tr never dodged the draft, if he ended up in the guard he would have made life miserable for everyone around him until they shipped him to where the fight was. . .sorta like al gore did in viet nam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post-1143238970251836712006-03-24T17:22:00.000-05:002006-03-24T17:22:00.000-05:00And there is the perspective of genius. Jefferson ...And there is the perspective of genius. Jefferson was one of the best, although not as practical as Washington. TJ sought a comprehensive theoretical solution to slavery; GW simply freed his own at his wife's death. <BR/><BR/>The quote is an excellent reminder that things change.nightshift66https://www.blogger.com/profile/07515966669169530805noreply@blogger.com