Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is...

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is...

The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are...

The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are...

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...

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...

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...

We demand that big business give people a square deal; in return we must insist...

We demand that big business give people a square deal; in return we must insist...

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to...

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to...

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If...

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If...

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 time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are...

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are...

I am a part of everything that I have read.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do...

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do...

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only...

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only...

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we...

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we...

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to...

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to...

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...

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...

It's motive alone that gives character to the actions of men

It's motive alone that gives character to the actions of men

If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself... self-discipline.

If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself... self-discipline.

Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the...

Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the...

I have suffered much from waves and wars, and now let this trial join the...

I have suffered much from waves and wars, and now let this trial join the...

The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best...

The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best...

If you think you can do it, or you think you can't do it, You...

If you think you can do it, or you think you can't do it, You...