"The Man with the Muck Rake" is a memorable speech given by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. If they get their way they will In his speech, Roosevelt insisted that his plea is not for immunity to but for the most unsparing exposure of the politician who betrays his trust, of the big business man who makes or spends his fortune in illegitimate or corrupt ways. There results a general attitude either of Of course, no amount of charity in "The Man With the Muckrake" by Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt wants to show that he is both a business man and a reformer. muckrake (mkrek) v.i. This passage is adapted from a speech delivered in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt, "TheMan with the MuckRake." In [the novel] Pilgrim'sProgress the Man with the Muck Rake is set forth asthe example of him whose Vision is fixed on carnal instead of spiritual things. Such taxation should, of course, be aimed merely at the inheritance George H.W. Freedom of Speech Either attitude is fraught with untold damage to the country as a whole. The Interpreter shows them that their faith can overcome even the deadly venom of such a spider. It is a foolish and timid, no less than a wicked thing, to blink the fact that the forces of evil are strong, but it is even worse to fail to take into account the strength of the forces that tell for good. How can they continue to protect your First Amendment right to speak. Albert Beveridge It reads simply and plainly, "Thou shalt not steal.". Such legislation, if so framed, as I am sure it will be, as to secure definite and tangible results, will amount to something of itself; and it will amount to a great deal more in so far as it is taken as a first step in the direction of a policy of superintendence and control over corporate wealth engaged in interstate commerce; this superintendence and control not to be exercised in a spirit of malevolence toward the men who have created the wealth, but with the firm purpose both to do justice to them and to see that they in their turn do justice to the public at large. One of Roosevelt's most important speeches, it is of inestimable value as a guide to the man and his era. The Man with the Muckrake Analysis | Shmoop The effort to make financial or political profit out of the destruction of character can only result in public calamity. document.documentElement.className += 'js'; There is mighty little good in a mere spasm of reform. // cutting the mustard Muckrake is searching and writing controversial things about famous people. It has been argued that the Address of President Roosevelt at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Office Building of the House of Representatives Saturday, April 14, 1906 (The Man with the Muck-Rake) is really two speeches in one (i.e., the first part of the speech is about investigative journalism and the second part is about a progressive tax). April 15, 1906. If, on the other As a matter of personal conviction, and without pretending to discuss the details or formulate the system, I feel that we shall ultimately have to consider the adoption of some such scheme as that of a progressive tax on all fortunes, beyond a certain amount, either given in life or devised or bequeathed upon death to any individual-a tax so framed as to put it out of the power of the owner of one of these enormous fortunes to hand on more than a certain amount to any one individual; the tax of course, to be imposed by the national and not the state government. for distinction from their fellows. Now, it is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is vile and debasing. The Jungle, Muckrakers, and Teddy Roosevelt | NEH-Edsitement as legislators or as executives, is honesty. Things are getting tense, in a not-infrequent-casualties kind of way. Hearty congratulations to you both on your wedding! Some of the most famous muckrakers were women, including Ida Tarbell and Ida B. We should discriminate in the sharpest way between fortunes well won and fortunes ill won; between those gained as an incident to performing great services to the community as a whole and those gained in evil fashion by keeping just within the limits of mere law honesty.
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