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The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead. - Theodore Roosevelt

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice. - Theodore Roosevelt

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. - Theodore Roosevelt

The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name. - Theodore Roosevelt

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace. - Theodore Roosevelt

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

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also. - Theodore Roosevelt

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience. - Theodore Roosevelt

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering. - Theodore Roosevelt

The American people abhor a vacuum. - Theodore Roosevelt

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. - Theodore Roosevelt

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. - Theodore Roosevelt

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer. - Theodore Roosevelt

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse. - Theodore Roosevelt

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. - Theodore Roosevelt

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. - Theodore Roosevelt

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. - Theodore Roosevelt

Believe you can and you're halfway there. - Theodore Roosevelt

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues. - Theodore Roosevelt

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. - Theodore Roosevelt

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