The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations

by H. Paul Jeffers

President Theodore Roosevelt left his mark on every facet of American life, including, quite colorfully, its language. Here, in a single volume, are not only his best "Teddyisms"―"hyphenated America," "muckraker," "the square deal," "the lunatic fringe," "good to the last drop," and many others―and lost words, but also the best of Roosevelt's most memorable quotations, which serve to illuminate every area of our culture: Americans; boxing; citizenship; conservation; courage; death; democracy; extremists; family values; football; government; heroism; history; hunting; leadership; liberty; patriotism; power; religion; war and peace; winning; women's rights; and much more.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, American History, History

176 pages, Paperback

First published September 4, 2002

About the author

H. Paul Jeffers was an established military historian and author of seventy books. He worked as an editor and producer at ABC, CBS and NBC, and is the only person to have been news director of both of New York City's all-news radio stations. He taught journalism at New York University, Syracuse University, and Boston University.

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun collection of quotes from TR's letters and writings and speeches, but I don't think the book's format allows them to shine as they should. They’re one or two sentence snippets, often lacking context. Expanding the excerpts to a paragraph or two would have shed broader and brighter light on TR's motives and thought processes—something which would have provided us modern readers more enduring value.

[Shane Mackenzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great compilation of lines from one of the greatest men to every grace the land of this earth. It shows as many sides of the man as it possibly can. For a man, as multifaceted as he was, they got quite close to a short definition of "Theodore Roosevelt".

[Azaghedi · Rating 5 out of 5]

TR had a way with words. This book is a repository for those words, and as expected, it was very enjoyable. I've got to get around to reading his Autobiography one of these days, as there were quite a few quotes from it that were truly excellent.