A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTNo ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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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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With self discipline most anything is possible.
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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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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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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
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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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It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.
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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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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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It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.
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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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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
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Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.
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The worst of all fears is the fear of living.
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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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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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If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
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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.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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