The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.
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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Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.
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If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
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No 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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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good.
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Patriotism means to stand by the country.
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
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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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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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Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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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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Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.
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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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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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