The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

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...

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in...

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in...

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

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...

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,...

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and...

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and...

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

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

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

A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than...

A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than...

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love...

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love...

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...

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!'...

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!'...

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely...

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely...

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his...

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his...

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest