Quotes from American Presidents (2 of 16): Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt

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Our quote today is from Theodore Roosevelt, who is considered to be the most liberal Republican president in history, and thus he has admirers on the right and left. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) got in trouble during a campaign rally in Virginia Beach, Va., when he ran against George W. Bush, when he said that he wanted the GOP to more like 'Teddy Roosevelt's party than Pat Robertson's party.'

Teddy is also a popular Washington Nationals (baseball team) mascot. Since he did win a running of the mascots until the season prior to this one, a blog entitled "Let Teddy Win" was launched and its popular has gone beyond the Washington, DC, metro area: http://www.blog.letteddywin.com

Teddy has been played on film by many actors, most recently Robin Williams. And, there at least six high schools named after him, including one in Kent, Ohio.

Here is his quote:

"The most important single ingredient of success is knowing how to get along with people."

Quote of the Day/Week-Thomas Dewey

Today, we conclude our series with quotes from party nominees who did not win presidential elections with a quote from Thomas Dewey (1902-1971) who had the unfortunate distinction of losing two consecutive presidential elections.

Dewey was considered a 'liberal Republican,' which seems like an oxy moron today, especially given that many centrist Republicans including Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) are stepping down this year.

Dewey ran first ran for president against President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944. But, he is most known for his loss to President Harry Truman. He was falsely projected to be the winner of the election which prompted "The Chicago Tribune" to post the dubious 'Dewey Beats Truman' headline. A gleeful Truman posed for the cameras with that newspaper in what would become the most famous photograph of him.

Dewey also managed to get 46 percent of the vote against Franklin D. Roosevelt, which made him the most-successful challenger to America's longest serving president.

In addition, Dewey was the 47th governor of New York, a post now held by Andrew Cuomo (D).

Here is Dewey's quote:

"We need not be afraid of the future, for the future will be in our hands."