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

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in...

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in...

The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to...

The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to...

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I...

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I...

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.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to...

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to...

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.

We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a...

We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a...

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing,...

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing,...

We can have no 50-50 allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American...

We can have no 50-50 allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American...

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...

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the...

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the...

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get...

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

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...

In bygone days, commanders were taught that when in doubt, they should march their troops...

In bygone days, commanders were taught that when in doubt, they should march their troops...

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs... are changing the...

We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs... are changing the...