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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTNo man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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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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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books.
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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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To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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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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Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
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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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90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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