I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTIt tires me to talk to rich men. You expect a man of millions, the head of a great industry, to be a man worthhearing; but as a rule they don’t know anything outside their own business.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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I am a part of everything that I have read.
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If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
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There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.
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Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.
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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
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The worst of all fears is the fear of living.
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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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