Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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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,...

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

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 successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

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.

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

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

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

The men and women who have the right ideals ... are those who have the...

The men and women who have the right ideals ... are those who have the...

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from...

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from...

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

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 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...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

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

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

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

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...

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...

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me...

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me...

The law changes and flows like water, and the stream of women's rights law has...

The law changes and flows like water, and the stream of women's rights law has...