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Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good me

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

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I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. – Theodore Roosevelt

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Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement. – Theodore Roosevelt

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