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No greater wrong can ever be done than to put a good man at the mercy of a bad, while telling him not to defend himself or his fellows in no way can the success of evil be made surer or quicker.
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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This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fails. We put him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a threat to this country.
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There are rainy days in autumn and stormy days in winter when the rocking chair in front of the fire simply demands an accompanying book.
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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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I regard the Masonic institution as one of the means ordained by the Supreme Architect to enable mankind to work out the problem of destiny to fight against, and overcome, the weaknesses and imperfections of his nature, and at last to attain to that true life of which death is the herald and the grave the portal.
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Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible this is not so.
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The settler and pioneer have at bottom had justice on their side this great continent could not have been kept as nothing but a game preserve for squalid savages.
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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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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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With great victory comes great sacrifice.
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The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.
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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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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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Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.
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Honesty first then courage then brains - and all are indispensable.
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More and more, as it becomes necessary to preserve the game, let us hope that the camera will largely supplant the rifle.
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It's not having been in the Dark House, but having left it that counts.
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Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those shown themselves worthy of it.
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To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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The worst thing I can do is nothing.
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