The most successful politician is he who says what everybody is thinking most often and in the loudest voice.


Theodore Roosevelt

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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university educatio...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal ...
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
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No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to ...
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Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure.....
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old...
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The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
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Believe you can and you're halfway there.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to ...
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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
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Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves wh...
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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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 ...
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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' ...
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The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ...
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I am a part of everything that I have read.
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Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
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The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
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The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first i...
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The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other ...
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The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest...
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
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Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
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The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and sel...
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We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but w...
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Believe you can and you're halfway there.
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When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
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Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and f...
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Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
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With self-discipline most anything is possible.
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It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to...
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the ...
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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies o...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don'...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly I can!" - and get busy and find out...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Put out the light.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not ...
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Do what you can with what you have where you are.
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