The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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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....

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!'...

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...

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...

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...

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble,...

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble,...

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...

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.

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is...

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is...

Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man...

Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man...

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...

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

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...

Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at...

Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at...

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is...

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is...

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is...

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is...

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...

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...