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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To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace...

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

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

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...

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no...

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no...

We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a...

We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a...

A just war is in the long run far better for a mans soul than...

A just war is in the long run far better for a mans soul than...

We demand that big business give people a square deal; in return we must insist...

We demand that big business give people a square deal; in return we must insist...

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...

A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great...

A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great...

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

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

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...

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...

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

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...