Loses His Nerve (third item)

The Washington Times ^ | Oct. 5, 2011 | Jennifer Harper

[lakeprincess]

“Never, never, you must never … remind a man at work on a political job that he may be president. It almost always kills him politically. He loses his nerve; he can’t do his work; he gives up the very traits that are making him a possibility.”

- A timely quote, perhaps, from Teddy Roosevelt, uttered to reporters at the New York City police headquarters in 1896; courtesy of the weekly “Teddy tweet,” sent out by the Ripon Society on behalf of the 26th president, who served in office from 1901 to 1909.

[rarestia]

With all of his conservation initiatives and the fact that he was a hunter, I was a little surprised to hear that Teddy was a bit of a lefty for that time in history.

Anyone else hear about this or have information they can share?