If we lose the virile, manly qualities, and sink into a nation of mere hucksters, putting gain over national honor, and subordinating everything to mere ease of life, then we shall indeed reach a condition worse than that of the ancient civilizations in the years of their decay.
Theodore Roosevelt
I think Robert Heinlein must have read a lot of TR’s writings.
I guess I am TR Conservative, as well as a Jeffersonian Democrat.
There is some comfort in reading the thoughts of someone who recognized the problems we still face today.