Tag: Theodore Roosevelt
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If there is not the war, you don’t get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don’t get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.
Theodore Roosevelt
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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.
Theodore Roosevelt
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The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.
Theodore Roosevelt
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I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.
Theodore Roosevelt
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To announce that there must be no criticism of the president… is morally treasonable to the American public.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
Theodore Roosevelt
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I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
Theodore Roosevelt
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Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
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A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
Theodore Roosevelt