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More Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.
The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin ... would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.
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. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.
Do Something Now. If not you, who? If not here, where? If not now, when?
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort.
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
