A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTWe 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.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Patriotism means to stand by the country.
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I am a part of everything that I have read.
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The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
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All the resources we need are in the mind.
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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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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To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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It 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.
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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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Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
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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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Conservation means development as much as it does protection.
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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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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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