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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. He was known for his robust personality and progressive policies. Roosevelt was a writer, naturalist, and soldier. He was born on October 27, 1858, in New York City. Roosevelt's early life was marked by heal... show more

quote icon Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. ... Every man, who parrots the cry of ‘stand by the President’ without adding the proviso ‘so far as he serves the Republic’ takes an attitude as essentially unmanly as that of any Stuart royalist who championed the doctrine that the King could do no wrong. No self-respecting and intelligent free man could take such an attitude.

- Theodore Roosevelt

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quote icon Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. ... Every man, who parrots the cry of ‘stand by the President’ without adding the proviso ‘so far as he serves the Republic’ takes an attitude as essentially unmanly as that of any Stuart royalist who championed the doctrine that the King could do no wrong. No self-respecting and intelligent free man could take such an attitude.

- Theodore Roosevelt

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quote icon These damn corporations are just a means of hiding. They have all the benefits of man without the guidance of a conscience. Trusts and corporations - they'll bring this country down.

- Theodore Roosevelt

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quote icon Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in that grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

- Theodore Roosevelt

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quote icon Far and away the best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

- Theodore Roosevelt

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quote icon In new and wild communities where there is violence, an honest man must protect himself; and until other means of securing his safety are devised, it is both foolish and wicked to persuade him to surrender his arms while the men who are dangerous to the community retain theirs.

- Theodore Roosevelt

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quote icon In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily, and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand, for property belongs to man and not man to property

- Theodore Roosevelt

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quote icon Believe you can and you're halfway there.

- Theodore Roosevelt

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quote icon It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.

- Theodore Roosevelt

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quote icon This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in.

- Theodore Roosevelt

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quote icon To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

- Theodore Roosevelt

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quote icon “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

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quote icon Comparison is the thief of joy.

- Theodore Roosevelt

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quote icon The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

- Theodore Roosevelt

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