Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTEvery immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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We must hold to a rigid accountability those public servants who show unfaithfulness to the interests of the nation or inability to rise to the high level of the new demands upon our strength and our resources.
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Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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Politeness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
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Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.
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