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It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.

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While President, I have been President - emphatically.

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

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

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Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep.

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Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.

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

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Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly gone down to the brink of the chasm of darkness to bring back the children in whose hands rests the future of the years.

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If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs.

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Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers

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It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him, and that he should hope for redress elsewhere than in his own industry, honesty, and intelligence.

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Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

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Where a trust becomes a monopoly the state has an immediate right to interfere.

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We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property.

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Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver hath subjected himself unto laws.

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Abraham Lincoln - the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the Civil War - was the true representative of this people, not only for his own generation, but for all time, because he was a man among men.

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We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out.

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There is no moral difference between gambling at cards or in lotteries or on the race track and gambling in the stock market. One method is just pernicious to the body politic as the other kind.

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Silent strength is the quality of all good men and most mummies.

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The worst of all fears is the fear of living

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