More from Theodore Roosevelt

  1. Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.
  2. The American people are slow to wrath, but once that wrath is kindled, it burns like a consuming flame.
  3. 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 t…
  4. The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddlin…
  5. Pray not for lighter burdens but for stronger backs.
  6. 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 thousa…
  7. People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
  8. The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

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