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I must be wanting to be President. Every young man does. But I won't let myself think of it; I must not, because if I do, I will begin to work for it; I'll be careful, calculating, cautious in word and act, and so - I'll beat myself.

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In foreign affairs we must make up our minds that whether we wish it or not, we are a great people and must play a great part in the world. It is not open to us to choose whether we will play that great part or not.

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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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I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence. I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over-athleticism; and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master.

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The country is the place for children, and if not the country, a city small enough so that one can get out into the country.

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My experience...convinced me that tea was better than brandy, and during the last six months in Afica I took no brandy, even when sick taking tea instead.

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It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he is morally stronger, but that he is intellectually weaker. He is not more virtuous. He is simply more foolish.

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All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune-make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.

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It is character that counts in a nation as in a man.

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The bulk of government is not legislation but administration.

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The fortunes amassed through corporate organization are now so large, and vest such power in those that wield them, as to make it a matter of necessity to give to the sovereign - that is, to the Government, which represents the people as a whole - some effective power of supervision over their corporate use. In order to insure a healthy social and industrial life, every big corporation should be held responsible by, and be accountable to, some sovereign strong enough to control its conduct.

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

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The mother is the one supreme asset of national life; she is more important by far than the successful statesman, or business man, or artist, or scientist.

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All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law

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Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

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The greatest privilege and greatest duty for any man is to be happily married, and no other form of success or service, for either man or woman, can be wisely accepted as a substitute or alternative

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Just as Lincoln got contradictory advice from the extremists of both sides . . . so now I have to guard myself against the extremists of both sides.

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Our flag is a proud flag, and it stands for liberty and civilization. Where it has once floated, there must be no return to tyranny.

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The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

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We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.

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