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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know
Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.
The chief factor in any man's success or failure must be his own character.
I keep my good health by having a very bad temper, kept under good control.
Constructive change offers the best method for avoiding destructive change.
If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.
The government is us; WE are the government, you and I."- Theodore Roosevelt
When liberty becomes license, some form of one-man power is not far distant.
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
I never won anything without hard labor and the exercise of my best judgment.
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
We have duties to others, and duties to ourselves, and we cannot shirk either.
There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement.
If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.
Where a trust becomes a monopoly the state has an immediate right to interfere.
The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics.
I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding
The Constitution was made for the people and not the people for the Constitution.
I wish that all Americans would realize that American politics is world politics.
Unless the man is master of his soul all other kinds of mastery amount to little.
I have already lived and enjoyed as much life as any nine other men I have known.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
The Welfare of Each of Us Is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us
I do not believe there was ever a life more attractive than life on a cattle farm.
I do not care a rap as to who gets credit for the work, provided the work is done.
No people ever yet benefited by riches if their prosperity corrupted their virtue.
The extermination of the buffalo has been a veritable tragedy of the animal world.
Make preparations in advance ... you never have trouble if you are prepared for it.
We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out.
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.
A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy.
It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world.
If elected, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more.
Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.
Show me a man who makes no mistakes, and I will show you a man who doesn't do things.
There is more fine abstract design in Navajo rugs than in all these modern paintings.
There is but one answer to terrorism and it is best delivered with a Winchester rifle.
Whatever it is, handle it so that your children's children will get the benefit of it.
Alike for the nation and the individual, the one indispensable requisite is character.
Each man must work for himself, and unless he so works, no outside help can avail him.
Don't limit your challenges - challenge your limits. Don't spread patriotism too thin.
I am simply unable to understand the value placed by so many people upon great wealth.
Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those shown themselves worthy of it.
I would a great deal rather be anything, say professor of history, than vice president.
There should be at least ten times the number of rifles in the country as there are now.
Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above is character.