There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTThere is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
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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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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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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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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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The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
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It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.
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The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.
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We are the heirs of the ages.
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The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.
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Conservation means development as much as it does protection.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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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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