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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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If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.
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A true forest is not merely a storehouse full of wood, but, as it were, a factory of wood.
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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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Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me then you will steal from me.
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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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Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
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The worst thing I can do is nothing.
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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.
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Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort.
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I violate no secret when I say that one of the greatest values in Masonry is that it affords an opportunity for men of all walks of life to meet on common ground where all men are equal and have one common interest.
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The worst of all fears is the fear of living
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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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The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
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I stand for the square deal. I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rules of the game, but that I stand for having those rules changed so as to work for a more substantial equality of opportunity and of reward for equally good service.
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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 can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100% Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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I believe that the next half century will determine if we will advance the cause of Christian civilization or revert to the horrors of brutal paganism.
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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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