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

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