Author: cbanaszak@riponsociety.org
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Wisdom From Our 26th President – September 17, 2024
“It is the people, and not the judges, who are entitled to say what their constitution means, for the constitution is theirs, it belongs to them and not to their servants in office.” Scribner’s Magazine 1912
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Carter, Joyce & Murphy Lay Out Some of the Key Goals of the GOP Doctors Caucus
WASHINGTON, DC – Three members of the GOP Doctors Caucus appeared yesterday morning before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society, where they not only laid out some of the key goals of the group, but how their experience as health care professionals is shaping their approach to lawmaking and service on Capitol Hill.
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“The same life that we had five years ago is so much more expensive. This election is about inflation.”
WASHINGTON, DC – In remarks to The Ripon Society, U.S. Reps. Mike Carey and Mike Rulli of Ohio discussed the challenges facing the people they represent back home and the political environment in the Buckeye State heading toward November.
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Wisdom From Our 26th President – September 10, 2024
“Let us make it evident that we intend to do justice. Then let us make it equally evident that we will not tolerate injustice being done to us in return.” Speech at Minnesota State Fair September 2, 1901
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Wisdom From Our 26th President – September 3, 2024
“Labor Day is rightly an American holiday, for every American who is worth his salt works, and if he doesn’t there is something wrong with him.” Speech in Springfield, MA September 2, 1902
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Wisdom From Our 26th President – August 27, 2024
“I feel an impatient contempt for the man of words if he is merely a man of words. The great speech must always be the speech of a man with a great soul who has a thought worth putting behind words, and whose acts bear out the words he utters.” Letter to H.C. Lodge July…
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Wisdom from Our 26th President – August 20, 2024
“…no man should be held excusable if he does not perform what he promises, unless for the best and most sufficient reason.” The Strenuous Life 1899
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“HOW THE WEST WILL BE WON”
Latest edition of The Ripon Forum shines a light on Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon’s decarbonization initiative to protect the environment and ensure grid stability.
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Wisdom from Our 26th President – August 13, 2024
Sometimes in life, both at school and afterwards, fortune will go against anyone, but if he just keeps pegging away and don’t lose his courage things always take a turn for the better in the end. Letter to his son Kermit December 2, 1904
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Wisdom from Our 26th President – August 6, 2024
“Centuries must pass before the wound not only scars over but becomes completely forgotten, and the memory becomes a bond of union and not a cause of division. It is our business to shorten the time as much as possible.” Letter to Sir George Otto Trevelyan January 1, 1908
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Meacham Discusses Legacy of George H.W. Bush in Keynote Address at the Library of Congress
WASHINGTON, DC – A crowd of over 130 came together in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress for a special reception and dinner hosted by The Ripon Society and the Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange.
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Wisdom from Our 26th President – July 30, 2024
“Americanism means the virtues of honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood – the virtues that made America.” Theodore Roosevelt Letter to the Congress of Constructive Patriotism January 26, 1917