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Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk we must act big. – Theodore Roosevelt

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I dont pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being. – Theodore Roosevelt

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It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws. – Theodore Roosevelt

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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. – Theodore Roosevelt

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One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldnt do. – Henry Ford

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History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. – Thomas Carlyle

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The real death of America will come when everyone is alike. – James T. Ellison

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