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He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.

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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The vice of envy is not only a dangerous, but a mean vice for it is always a confession of inferiority. It may promote conduct which will be fruitful of wrong to others, and it must cause misery to the man who feels it.
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Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.
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Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere.
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