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Theodore Roosevelt Inspirational Quotes (425)

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I must be wanting to be President. Every young man does. But I won't let myself think of it I must not, because if I do, I will begin to work for it I'll be careful, calculating, cautious in word and act, and so - I'll beat myself.
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The worst of all fears is the fear of living
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He [Lincoln] had mastered it {the Bible] absolutely...mastered it so that he became almost 'a man of one Book', who knew that Book and who instinctively put into practice what he had been taught therein.
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The country is the place for children, and if not the country, a city small enough so that one can get out into the country.
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The hardest lessons to learn are those that are the most obvious.
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Such an experiment without actual conditions of war to support it is a foolish waste of time. . . . I once saw a man kill a lion with a 30-30 caliber rifle under certain conditions, but that doesn't mean that a 30-30 rifle is a lion gun.
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There is more fine abstract design in Navajo rugs than in all these modern paintings.
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Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with other nations of the earth, and we must behave as beseems a people with such responsibilities.
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The woman has the right to be emancipated from the position of a drudge or a toy. She is entitled to a full equality in rights with man.
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Death is always, under all circumstances, a tragedy, for if it is not then it means that life has become one.
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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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The worst lesson that can be taught to a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings
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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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The mother is the one supreme asset of national life she is more important by far than the successful statesman, or business man, or artist, or scientist.
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No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a family of small children for upon her time and strength demands are made not only every hour of the day but often every hour of the night.
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It tires me to talk to rich men. You expect a man of millions, the head of a great industry, to be a man worthhearing but as a rule they don't know anything outside their own business.
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There is but one answer to terrorism and it is best delivered with a Winchester rifle.
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The name Roosevelt has this legendary force in our country at this time.
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The White House is a bully pulpit.
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When we control business in the public interest we are also bound to encourage it in the public interest or it will be a bad thing for everybody and worst of all for those on whose behalf the control is nominally exercised.
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There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement.
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I do not believe there ever was any life more attractive to a vigorous young fellow than life on a cattle ranch in those days. It was a fine, healthy life, too it taught a man self-reliance, hardihood, and the value of instant decision...I enjoyed the life to the full.
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Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.
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This broken country extends back from the river for many miles and has been called always be Indian, French voyager and American trappers alike, the Bad Lands.
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