
The (Wo)Man in the Arena
Nov 6 · 2 min read
Yesterday, I shared this quote with my students and had them write about its meaning. It is from Theodore Roosevelt’s famous "Citizenship in a Republic" speech given in 1910 at the Sorbonne in the Grand Amphitheater of the University of Paris. In it, he emphasizes his belief that the success of a republic rests on the quality of its people. This famous passage is known as "The Man in the Arena." It is also the passage that inspired the title of…


