The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTEvery reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.
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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.
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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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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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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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Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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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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Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
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Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
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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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The 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.
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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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The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena: whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
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