#mer

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats. ↗

— 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

#action #big #great #great nation #merely

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

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The American people abhor a vacuum. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#american #american people #people #vacuum

It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

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Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly. ↗

— Elihu Root

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American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

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