Theodore Roosevelt Short Quotes

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We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord.

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Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.

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The bulk of government is not legislation but administration.

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I'm as strong as a bull moose and you can use me to the limit.

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No man is justified in doing evil on the grounds of expediency.

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We have room for but one loyalty, loyalty to the United States.

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I never keep boys waiting. It's a hard trial for a boy to wait.

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The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.

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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.

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Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

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Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

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The only one who makes no mistakes is one who never does anything.

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Black care rarely sits behind the rider whose pace is fast enough.

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My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff.

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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

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We have room in this country for but one flag, the Stars and Stripes!

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No triumph of peace is quite so great as the supreme triumphs of war.

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To divide along the lines of section or caste or creed is un-American.

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When we undertake the impossible, we often fail to do anything at all.

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The wolf is the arch type of ravin, the beast of waste and desolation.

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The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.

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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

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If I must choose between righteousness and peace I choose righteousness.

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There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country.

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It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself.

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Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me then you will steal from me.

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Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.
To his children

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Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.

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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know

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