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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTIt 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.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.
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Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
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It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
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Politeness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
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I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
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I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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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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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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