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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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Courage is not having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don't have the strength. Industry and determination can do anything that genius and advantage can do and many things that they cannot.
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Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.
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The worst lesson that can be taught to a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings
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My power vanishes into thin air the instant that my fellow citizens, who are straight and honest, cease to believe that I represent them and fight for what is straight and honest. That is all the strength that I have.
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The beauty and charm of the wilderness are his for the asking, for the edges of the wilderness lie close beside the beaten roads of the present travel.
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Constructive change offers the best method for avoiding destructive change.
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The eighth commandment reads, Thou shalt not steal. It does not read, Thou shalt not steal from the rich man. It does not read, Thou shalt not steal from the poor man. It reads simply and plainly, Thou shalt not steal.
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Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.
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We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.
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Do nothing to mar its grandeur ... keep it for your children, your children's children, and all who come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see.
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The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.
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I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.
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There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country.
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There is a delight in the hardy life of the open.
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All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune-make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.
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There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains.
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We do not admire a man of timid peace.
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Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
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The greatest privilege and greatest duty for any man is to be happily married, and no other form of success or service, for either man or woman, can be wisely accepted as a substitute or alternative
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Wide differences of opinion in matters of religious, political, and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect alike are not to be stunted, if there is to be room for healthy growth.
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