7 Theodore Roosevelt Quotes on Responsibility

Theodore Roosevelt quotes on responsibility

9. I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.

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11. The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight; that he shall not be a mere passenger, but shall do his share in the work that each generation of us finds ready to hand; and, furthermore, that in doing his work he shall show, not only the capacity for sturdy self-help, but also self-respecting regard for the rights of others.

64. A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

87. If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

109. 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.

115. The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

131. There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility.