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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Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

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...

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...

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...

Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace...

Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace...

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...

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit...

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit...

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...

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...

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...

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good...

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good...

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

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

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 want to see you shoot the way you shout

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name...

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name...

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where...

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where...

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one...

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one...

To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish...

To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish...

One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win...

One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win...