2 quotations linked to The New Nationalism by or associated with Theodore Roosevelt, with source notes, explanations and related topics.
Public welfare, economic power, fair earning, regulation, responsibility, democratic government, service and social justice.
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“The object of government is the welfare of the people.”
Roosevelt evaluates public power by whether it serves the welfare of people rather than becoming an instrument for entrenched private advantage or special interests.
Source note: The New Nationalism, Osawatomie, Kansas, August 31, 1910. This is Progressive Era political argument about public welfare, economic power and government responsibility, not current policy guidance.
“No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.”
Roosevelt connects legitimate wealth with reciprocal service and fair earning, placing character and public obligation inside his broader argument about concentrated economic power.
Source note: The New Nationalism, August 31, 1910. The sentence occurs in Roosevelt’s argument for regulation and graduated taxation of large fortunes; it is historical political-economic rhetoric rather than modern financial advice.