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Abraham Lincoln - the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the Civil War - was the true representative of this people, not only for his own generation, but for all time, because he was a man among men.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Theodore Roosevelt
Age: 60 †
Born: 1858
Born: October 27
Died: 1919
Died: January 6
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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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It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize.
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If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.
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Obedience of the law is demanded not asked as a favor.
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A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.
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The worst of all fears is the fear of living
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The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.
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Make preparations in advance ... you never have trouble if you are prepared for it.
Theodore Roosevelt
This broken country extends back from the river for many miles and has been called always be Indian, French voyager and American trappers alike, the Bad Lands.
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If we lose the virile, manly qualities, and sink into a nation of mere hucksters, putting gain over national honor, and subordinating everything to mere ease of life, then we shall indeed reach a condition worse than that of the ancient civilizations in the years of their decay.
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For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.
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Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.
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The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
Theodore Roosevelt
Now and then we hear the wilder voices of the wilderness, from animals that in the hours of darkness do not fear the neighborhood of man: the coyotes wail like dismal ventriloquists, or the silence may be broken by the snorting and stamping of a deer.
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Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves and we can shrink neither.
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.
Theodore Roosevelt
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
Theodore Roosevelt
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
Theodore Roosevelt
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore Roosevelt
