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Scuba

(53,475 posts) Tue Jan 6, 2015, 04:23 PM Jan 2015

"... the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of a plutocracy.’’

’’ …we had come to the stage where for our people what was needed was a real democracy; and of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of a plutocracy.’’

~ Teddy Roosevelt, from his Autiobiography

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"... the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of a plutocracy.’’ (Original Post) Scuba Jan 2015 OP

K&R.... daleanime Jan 2015 #1

Will we EVER see another such as Teddy Roosevelt? Bandit Jan 2015 #2

"They just don't make real men like that any more" FiveGoodMen Jan 2015 #3

Oh they do, the problem is SomethingFishy Jan 2015 #4

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

1. K&R....

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 05:21 PM

Jan 2015

Bandit

(21,475 posts)

2. Will we EVER see another such as Teddy Roosevelt?

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 05:32 PM

Jan 2015

They just don't make real men like that any more...

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

3. "They just don't make real men like that any more"

Reply to Bandit (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 06:05 PM

Jan 2015

Or at least WE don't make them president.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)

4. Oh they do, the problem is

Reply to Bandit (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 06:26 PM

Jan 2015

men with that values system have no desire to be President.

My dad used to tell me that the best President we could get would be a man who was pushed into the job. Anyone who actually wants the job isn't going to do anyone any good.

I've noticed he's been right so far.

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