Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. – Theodore Roosevelt
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor. – Theodore Roosevelt
Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe. – Theodore Roosevelt
A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy – Theodore Roosevelt
Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right. – Theodore Roosevelt
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have too much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. – Theodore Roosevelt
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else. – Theodore Roosevelt
Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance. – Theodore Roosevelt
Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong. – Theodore Roosevelt
Politeness is a sign of dignity, not subservience. – Theodore Roosevelt
Give a man a soccer ball, he plays for a moment. Teach a man to play soccer, he plays for a life time. – Theodore Roosevelt
When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on. – Theodore Roosevelt
The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. – Theodore Roosevelt
Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far. – Theodore Roosevelt
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. – Theodore Roosevelt
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. – Theodore Roosevelt
With self-discipline most anything is possible. – Theodore Roosevelt
Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft! – Theodore Roosevelt
Absence and death are the same – only that in death there is no suffering. – Theodore Roosevelt
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly. – Theodore Roosevelt
It is better to have it and need it, than to need it and not have it. – Theodore Roosevelt
All the resources we need are in the mind. – Theodore Roosevelt
The worst of all fears is the fear of living – Theodore Roosevelt
The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it. – Theodore Roosevelt
The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run. – Theodore Roosevelt
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