A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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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I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
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This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
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No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
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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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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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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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In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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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.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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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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Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
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