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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTWe 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.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.
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Politeness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
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The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
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If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
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The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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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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Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.
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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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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’.
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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
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No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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