A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTIt is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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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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Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
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We 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.
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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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Conservation means development as much as it does protection.
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Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.
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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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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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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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