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The worst thing I can do is nothing.
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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What counts in a man or in a nation is not what the man or the nation can do, but what he or it actually does.
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The mass of the American people are most emphatically not in the deplorable condition of which you speak.
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I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
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There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.
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There is a delight in the hardy life of the open.
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The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value.
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Profanity is the parlance of the fool. Why curse when there is such a magnificent language with which to discourse?
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Every Man owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs.
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To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.
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Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
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No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.
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Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me then you will steal from me.
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Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others.
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The man who does not think it was America's duty to fight for her own sake in view of the infamous conduct of Germany toward us stands on a level with a man who wouldn't think it necessary to fight in a private quarrel because his wife's face was slapped.
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In foreign affairs we must make up our minds that whether we wish it or not, we are a great people and must play a great part in the world. It is not open to us to choose whether we will play that great part or not.
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No man can do both effective and decent work in public life unless he is a practical politician on the one hand, and a sturdy believer in Sunday-school politics on the other. He must always strive manfully for the best, and yet, like Abraham Lincoln, must often resign himself to accept the best possible.
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Honesty first then courage then brains - and all are indispensable.
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