Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctri

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. – 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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good
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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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Men
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Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. – Theodore Roosevelt

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Government
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The greatest pleasure of life is love. – Euripides

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

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Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. – Bill Gates

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Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. – Sholom Aleichem

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Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it. – G. K. Chesterton

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Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure foundations than are found today in the Middle East. Even more important, they will fight for two human conditions of even greater value than peace: liberty and justice. – John McCain

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If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos. – Bowyer Bell

If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love. – Lloyd Alexander

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