A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTKnowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
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Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.
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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
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To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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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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Comparison is the thief of joy.
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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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It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.
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The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.
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