The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTThere is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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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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Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
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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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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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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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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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Nothing worth having comes easy.
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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
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The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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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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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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