Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| 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: | He was referring to Wendell Phillips, well-known nineteenth century Abolitionist. |
| SUBJECTS: | Opinions |