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Theodore Roosevelt

"All that the law can do is to shape things so that no injustice shall be done by one to the other, and that each man shall be given the first chance to show the stuff that is in him."

"Better faithful than famous. Honor before prominence."

"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything."

"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life."

"When they call the roll in the Senate, the senators do not know whether to answer 'present' or 'guilty'."