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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

Theodore Roosevelt

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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Business Expectation Industry Man Rich Rule
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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Bully Coward Insult Man Suffering
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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Corporation Duty Greatness Harmony Institution
There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.
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Adapt Afraid Change Courage Fear Life
If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
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Choice Choose Good Humanity Peace Right
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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Democracy Faith Nation Public Resources Strength
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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Destroy Duty Love Patriotism Peace Safety
A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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Depend Ideal Live Man
Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
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Destructive Equality Liberty One Liner Order
Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
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Consist One Liner Time Wisdom Wise
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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Asset Behaviour Generation Human Nature Nation Value
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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Failure Inspirational Man Struggle Success Work Hard
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.
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Avoid Behaviour Courtesy Crime Forgiveness Hurt
The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
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Fight Fitness Funny Men Nature Reason
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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Boss Entrepreneur Leadership People
It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Alone Dreamss Goals Travel True Worth

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