Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTNo 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.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
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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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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly.
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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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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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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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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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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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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.
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No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
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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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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’.
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When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
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It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
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Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
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This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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