One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words."
Theodore RooseveltA typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
Theodore RooseveltWe have become great because of the lavish use of our resources ... But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil and the gas are exhausted.
Theodore Roosevelt