Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth27 October 1858
CountryUnited States of America
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To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.
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The potential for damage is much larger than we've seen in the past, ... The markets are a little spooked about our refining capacity and our ability to pump for oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
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I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life
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If we do not protect the environment now, we cannot ensure a strong nation for our children, ... If we do not act today, many of these lands will be gone.
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No people is fully civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse
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The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.
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The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
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I do not dislike but I certainly have no especial respect or admiration for and no trust in, the typical big moneyed men of my country. I do not regard them as furnishing sound opinion as respects either foreign or domestic business.
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The person who succeeds is not the one who holds back, fearing failure, nor the one who never fails... but rather the one who moves on im spite of failure. Far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat. Author: Teddy Roosevelt
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There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.
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There is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head
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Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.