When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTThe best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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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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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
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There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
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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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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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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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Politeness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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