The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTPatriotism means to stand by the country.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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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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Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.
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Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
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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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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books.
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Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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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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The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when any one engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
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No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
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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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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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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
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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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Patriotism means to stand by the country.
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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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Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
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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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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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Conservation means development as much as it does protection.
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