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It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Theodore Roosevelt
Age: 60 †
Born: 1858
Born: October 27
Died: 1919
Died: January 6
26Th U.S. President
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We can just as little afford to follow the doctrinaires of an extreme individualism as the doctrinaires of an extreme socialism.
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When I hear of the destruction of a species, I feel just as if all the works of some great writer have perished.
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We cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so much a credit as an absolute prerequisite to efficient service to the public. Unless a man is honest, we have no right to keep him in public life it matters not how brilliant his capacity.
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Life is as if you were traveling a ridge crest. You have the gulf of inefficiency on one side and the gulf of wickedness on the other, and it helps not to have avoided one gulf if you fall into the other.
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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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In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world.
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I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.
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Give the brethren a chance to do something, anything, no matter how small or unimportant. A brother convinced that he is helpful is enthusiastic.
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When I say I believe in a square deal i do not mean to give every man the best hand. If the cards do not come to any man, or if they do come, and he has not got the power to play them, that is his affair. All I mean is that there shall be no crookedness in the dealing.
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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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I dream of men who take the next step instead of worrying about the next thousand steps.
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A President has a great chance his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one.
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Any political movement directed against any body of our fellow-citizens because of their religious creed is a grave offense against American principles and American institutions. It is a wicked thing either to support or oppose a man because of the creed he possesses. . . . Such a movement directly contravenes the spirit of the Constitution itself.
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