| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1274 |
| AUTHOR: | Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) |
| QUOTATION: | After the war, and until the day of his death, his position on almost every public question was either mischievous or ridiculous, and usually both. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Thomas Hart Benton (vol. 7 of The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, national ed.), chapter 8, p. 104 (1926).
He was referring to Wendell Phillips, well-known nineteenth century Abolitionist. |
| SUBJECTS: | Opinions |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | WORKS: | Theodore Roosevelt Collection | | |
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