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" The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. "
Theodore Roosevelt
Never
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" No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse. "
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" It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things. "
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" If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. "
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" The government is us; we are the government, you and I. "
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" The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name. "
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" Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. "
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" Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. "
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" Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time. "
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" A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues. "
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" Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster. "
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" Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. "
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" The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer. "
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" The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. "
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" A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. "
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Man
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" Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved. "
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" The American people abhor a vacuum. "
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" Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures. "
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" Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. "
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" When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all. "
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" The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife. "
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" We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all. "
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Either
" Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe. "
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" A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. "
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" I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also. "
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" If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name. "
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" The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly. "
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