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Even in ordinary times there are very few of us who do not see the problems of life as through a glass, darkly and when the glass is clouded by the murk of furious popular passion, the vision of the best and the bravest is dimmed.
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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It is a wicked thing to be neutral between right and wrong.
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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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One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called weasel words.
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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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