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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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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

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Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

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There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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