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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. "

Theodore 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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" I don't 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. "

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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 only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. "

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" Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe. "

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" No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause. "

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