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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTIn life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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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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Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.
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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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A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.
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In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.
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With self discipline most anything is possible.
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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 government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
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Comparison is the thief of joy.
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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
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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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