Tag: Theodore Roosevelt
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No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
Theodore Roosevelt
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A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Theodore Roosevelt
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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not guilty.’
Theodore Roosevelt
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The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
Theodore Roosevelt
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No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
Theodore Roosevelt
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It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.
Theodore Roosevelt