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Every Man owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs.
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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Is America a weakling, to shrink from the work of the great world powers? No! The young giant of the West stands on a continent and clasps the crest of an ocean in either hand. Our nation, glorious in youth and strength, looks into the future with eager eyes and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.
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I wish to see the Bible study as much a matter of course in the secular colleges as in the seminary.
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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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... looked at from the standpoint of the ultimate result, there was little real difference to the Indian whether the land was taken by treaty or by war. ... No treaty could be satisfactory to the whites, no treaty served the needs of humanity and civilization, unless it gave the land to the Americans as unreservedly as any successful war.
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Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers
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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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Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience.
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The modern naturalist must realize that in some of its branches his profession, while more than ever a science, has also become an art.
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Make preparations in advance ... you never have trouble if you are prepared for it.
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Speak softly, I'm getting my massage.
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Every expansion of civilization makes for peace. In other words, every expansion of a great civilized power means a victory for law, order, and righteousness. ...It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world.
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There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement.
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Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.
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Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.
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The name Roosevelt has this legendary force in our country at this time.
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Just as you believe you may have already halfway there
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I have already lived and enjoyed as much life as any nine other men I have known.
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