Theodore Roosevelt: And the president is going to fight in the arena, you say?
Buchanan: No, he is going to watch while other men fight, and talk critically about them.
Roosevelt: (Tosses down his hat and stamps on it.) That is the worst thing he could do! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Excerpts from the former presidents discussion:
Jefferson: We must be misunderstanding something.
Lincoln: I don’t think so.
James Madison: At least when the British burned this place down, they didn’t try to monetize it.
"Jefferson: ...There must be more to our nation’s birthday than this. More respect for the people’s house and the citizens. Less … gleeful trampling."
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