#act

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Its success lies in the fact that it's an insurance plan, not an investment plan or a welfare plan. ↗

— James Roosevelt

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A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#depends #like #rifle #upon #usefulness

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character! ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#care #character #i #i care #i do

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#actions #actions speak #mankind #mind #only

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#action #big #great #great nation #merely

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

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The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#always #any #dead #issue #progressive

The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate. ↗

— Elihu Root

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My parents were Muscovites. They worked at the Kaliber factory. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

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