"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 them 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, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in 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 fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt 1910
Worth reading every time.
ReplyDeleteIt is a great quote.
ReplyDeleteOther good quotes by Teddy:
ReplyDeletePatriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.
Theodore Roosevelt
Sounds like Teddy read Thomas Paine here
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.
Theodore Roosevelt
Wow even back then the "deep state" was active:
DeleteBehind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of today.
Theodore Roosevelt
I wonder what Teddy would have to say about this:
https://www.trackaipac.com/congress
https://www.globalresearch.ca/every-us-senator-taken-aipac-money/5845958
SNIP Here’s how AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) describes itself on its own website:
The Largest Pro-Israel PAC in America
WE STAND with those who stand with Israel. The AIPAC PAC is a bipartisan, pro-Israel political action committee. It is the largest pro-Israel PAC in America and contributed more resources directly to candidates than any other PAC. 98% of AIPAC-backed candidates won their general election races in 2022.
That last sentence is a killer. AIPAC is reminding Members of Congress that if you want to be elected, or win reelection, you very much want AIPAC on your side. And if you don’t kowtow to their agenda, they will do everything in their power to defeat you.
And we wonder why the US military is defending Israel?
It's cheaper to rent our government than build even ONE Aircraft carrier. Yes, I did some math.
The "Deep State" is at least 2000 years old.
DeleteRead the Gospel of Matthew from 21:12 onward (The purging of the temple to his being crucified). Seen through the lens of "The Deep State", Jesus left them no choice but to execute him.
Was Rome "deep state" as it seemed Pilate did his best to avoid crucifying Jesus, but the MOB led by the Jewish Priests shouted crucify HIM and Give us Barbaris the Murderer if I recall correctly. Pilate then said:
DeleteMatthew 27: 23“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!” 24When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.” 25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”…
Are you aware Joe what accepting BLOOD responsibility means in the Jewish culture?
Hint upon us AND our children.
No wonder Revelations 2
8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. 9 I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.
And repeats in Revelations 3.
I am inclined to believe the Julius Caesar would agree that the Roman Deep-state was real. Different source than the Bible.
DeleteThe Deep-State is organized original sin. It doesn't stop or start at the boundaries of demographic groups.
Roosevelt's 'Citizenship in a Republic' speech was delivered on his way to accepting the 1910 Nobel Peace Prize (the following month). It was really an elaboration of his personal beliefs, beyond his settlement of the Russo-Japanese War, and beyond what the Nobel Committee would accept at the prize ceremony.
Delete"Was Rome "deep state" as it seemed Pilate did his best to avoid crucifying Jesus, but the MOB led by the Jewish Priests shouted crucify HIM and Give us Barbaris the Murderer if I recall correctly. "
You really need to better understand the Jewish civil war which was already well under way during the time of Christ. Hellenized (urban) and Rabbinical Jews were actively fighting conservative rural Jews for control of their religion. The sides were about equally matched and the Hellenized & Rabbinical factions were actively courting the Romans for support in the conflict.
Jesus was considered a serious threat by the Rabbinical Jews and had little support from the rural Jews. Most of his followers were drawn from the Hellenized Jews, so the unconverted majority of Hellenized Jews regarded Jesus as an existential threat. He was.
The Jewish civil war would not be resolved until 135 AD, with the defeat of Simon Bar Kokhba. Bar Kokhba's rural followers were finally defeated by the Romans with the assistance of the Hellenized and Rabbinical Jews, but at a terrible cost. Bar Kokhba wiped out six Roman legions and wrecked elements of at least seven more. The worst defeat ever inflicted on Roman arms.
Bar Kokba also dramatically reduced the Hellenized and Rabbinical Jewish populations. Jesus was caught up in this rebellion and only one of the many Jews killed in this century long civil war.
So 10 x 25 Isiah chapter 53 requiring Jesus to die for our sins was just a political disruption?
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Jesus's significance was lost to the main actors due to the "clutter" of the revolution. The two who were crucified to the left and right of Jesus were revolutionaries as was Barabus. Lines like "We have no king but Caesar" and threats to Pilate of "you are no friend of Caesar" is the leverage the Jewish power-structure (of the moment) used to force Pilate's hand and force Jesus's crucifixion.
Delete"So 10 x 25 Isiah chapter 53 requiring Jesus to die for our sins was just a political disruption?"
DeleteNo. Christians interpret Isaiah 53 as describing suffering an individual male (presumed to be the Messiah) will experience at the hands of (unstated) individuals. Actually "smitten by God" in 53:4 is the only mention of a specific inflictor. It does not delve into the motivations of the broader group of individuals, but it does explain the motivation of the individual sufferer.
You should know that the Jews have a very different interpretation of Isaiah 53. They interpret the suffering individual as a symbol of Israel itself, representing the collective suffering of the Jewish people. Isaiah is their book, so some credence should be given to their interpretation.
Relates well to Kipling's poem "If" and Henley's "Invictus"
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