A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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If there is not the war, you dont get the great general; if there is...

If there is not the war, you dont get the great general; if there is...

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

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

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better...

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better...

It is better to be faithful than famous.

It is better to be faithful than famous.

There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished...

There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished...

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun...

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun...

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no...

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no...

A just war is in the long run far better for a mans soul than...

A just war is in the long run far better for a mans soul than...

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk...

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk...

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real...

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real...

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is...

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is...

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on,...

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on,...

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a...

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a...

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but...

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but...

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

I'm lost in the middle of my birthday. I want my friends, their touch, with...

I'm lost in the middle of my birthday. I want my friends, their touch, with...

For certain is death for the born And certain is birth for the dead; Therefore...

For certain is death for the born And certain is birth for the dead; Therefore...