No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than...

A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than...

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

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

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihoodthe virtues that made...

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihoodthe virtues that made...

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...

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual...

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual...

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble,...

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble,...

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of...

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of...

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.

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the...

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the...

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

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...

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...

The American people abhor a vacuum.

The American people abhor a vacuum.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is...

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is...

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he...

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he...

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.

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...

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than...

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than...

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

You would not tolerate for one moment the conduct in an individual that is commonplace...

You would not tolerate for one moment the conduct in an individual that is commonplace...