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Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.

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We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.

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Ruin looks us in the face if we judge a man by his position instead of judging him by his conduct in that position.

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Certain rich men, whose lives are evil and corrupt, are the representatives of predatory wealth accumulated by all forms of inequity, from the oppression of wage workers to unfair methods of crushing out competition.

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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

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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 wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

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Ours is a government of liberty by, through, and under the law. A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.

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The only trouble with the movement for the preservation of our forests is that it has not gone nearly far enough, and was not begun soon enough.

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I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of ten are, and I shouldn't like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth.

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The stream will not permanently rise higher than the main source; and the main source of national power and national greatness is found in the average citizenship of the nation. Therefore it behooves us to do our best to see that the standard of the average citizen is kept high; and the average cannot be kept high unless the standard of the leaders is very much higher.

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Massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.

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I highly venerate the Masonic Institution, under the fullest persuasion that, when its principles are acknowledged and its laws and precepts obeyed, it comes nearest to the Christian religion, in its moral effects and influence, of any institution with which I am acquainted.

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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

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If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble, and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power.

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I entirely appreciate loyalty to one"s friends, but loyalty to the cause of justice and honor stands above it.

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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

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After the war, and until the day of his death, his position on almost every public question was either mischievous or ridiculous, and usually both.

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The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.

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

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The wild life of today is not ours to do with as we please. The original stock was given to us in trust for the benefit both of the present and the future. We must render an accounting of this trust to those who come after us.

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