I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTThe reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.
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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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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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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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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
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Comparison is the thief of joy.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
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