The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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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...

We can have no 50-50 allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American...

We can have no 50-50 allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American...

Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not...

Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not...

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

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.

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...

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate...

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate...

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 essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of...

It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of...

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...

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...

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...

The American people abhor a vacuum.

The American people abhor a vacuum.

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 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...

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...

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...

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to...

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to...

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

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...