| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1508 |
| AUTHOR: | Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) |
| QUOTATION: | Yes, Haven, most of us enjoy preaching, and I’ve got such a bully pulpit! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President THEODORE ROOSEVELT, reply to George Haven Putnam, who had accused him of a tendency to preaching, sometime during his first presidential term.—George Haven Putnam, introductory essay, The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, national ed., vol. 9, p. x (1926). |
| SUBJECTS: | Presidency |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | WORKS: | Theodore Roosevelt Collection | | |
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