Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth27 October 1858
CountryUnited States of America
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The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
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I do not dislike but I certainly have no especial respect or admiration for and no trust in, the typical big moneyed men of my country. I do not regard them as furnishing sound opinion as respects either foreign or domestic business.
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To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.
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I worship you so that it seems almost desecration to touch you.
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The credit belongs to those people who are actually in the arena...who know the great enthusiasms, the great devotions to a worthy cause; who, at best, know the triumph of high achievement; and who,at worst, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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He told me that when (Ralph Waldo) Emerson came to California, (Muir) tried to get him to come out and camp with him, for that was the only way in which to see at their best the majesty and charm of the Sierras, ... Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography.
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In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is:hit the line hard.
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In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
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Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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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 know neither victory nor defeat
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Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit softly
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No man needs sympathy because he has to work. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body - to risk his well-being - to risk his life - in a great cause