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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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...

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...

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

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

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to...

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to...

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

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...

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...

It is better to be faithful than famous.

It is better to be faithful than famous.

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also the...

The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also 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.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong