A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTThe 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.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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With self discipline most anything is possible.
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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Comparison is the thief of joy.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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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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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
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90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good.
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We are the heirs of the ages.
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I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.
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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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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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