The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTNo man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.
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No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
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Comparison is the thief of joy.
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People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
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I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.
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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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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.
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No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
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To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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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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If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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