No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTA great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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We are the heirs of the ages.
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The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena: whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
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Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’.
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Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.
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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.
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Patriotism means to stand by the country.
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The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.
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The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.
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Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.
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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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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.
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