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The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. ↗

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. ↗

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

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The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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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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It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with patriotic enthusiasm and resentment over real or fancied wrongs, urging them forward to war. ↗

— Elihu Root

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