Theodore Roosevelt Quotes, Battle Quotes

In battle, the ONLY bullets that count are those that hit.

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Every child has inside him an aching void for excitement and if we don't fill it with something which is exciting and interesting and good for him, he will fill it with something which is exciting and interesting and which isn't good for him.

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Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

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Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of today.

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Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws.

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When liberty becomes license, some form of one-man power is not far distant.

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The eighth commandment reads, "Thou shalt not steal." It does not read, "Thou shalt not steal from the rich man." It does not read, "Thou shalt not steal from the poor man." It reads simply and plainly, "Thou shalt not steal."

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Our duty to the whole, including the unborn generations, bids us to restrain an unprincipled present-day minority from wasting the heritage of these unborn generations. The movement for the conservation of wildlife and the larger movement for the conservation of all our natural resources are essentially democratic in spirit, purpose, and method.

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We sincerely and earnestly believe in peace; but if peace and justice conflict, we scorn the man who would not stand for justice though the whole world came in arms against him.

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A leader is an average, everyday person who is highly motivated.

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When we control business in the public interest we are also bound to encourage it in the public interest or it will be a bad thing for everybody and worst of all for those on whose behalf the control is nominally exercised.

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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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With self-discipline, all things are possible

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We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.

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Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shrink neither.

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What counts in a man or in a nation is not what the man or the nation can do, but what he or it actually does.

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There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.

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It is, of course, the merest truism to say a party is of use only so far as it serves the nation.

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The forces that tend for evil are great and terrible, but the forces of truth and love and courage and honesty and generosity and sympathy are also stronger than ever before.

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It is well indeed for out land that we of this generation have learned to think nationally.

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