When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTEach one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.
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No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
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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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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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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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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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All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.
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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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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.
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To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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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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It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.
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