Quote #78

I believe in corporations. They are indispensable instruments of our modern civilization; but I believe that they should be so supervised and so regulated that they shall act for the interest of the community as a whole.

More from Theodore Roosevelt

  1. I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
  2. 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!
  3. I am a part of everything that I have read.
  4. I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social sc…
  5. Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
  6. I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
  7. Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.
  8. I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them w…

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