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I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
Ruin looks us in the face if we judge a man by his position instead of judging him by his conduct in that position.
All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law
It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.
The performance of duty, and not an indulgence in vapid ease and vapid pleasure, is all that makes life worth while.
...let men express the intense admiration, which I share with all other Americans, of the record made by the Marines.
Anything that encourages pauperism, anything that relaxes the manly fiber and lowers self-respect, is an unmixed evil.
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
The man who holds that every human right is secondary to his profit must now give way to the advocate of human welfare.
It either is or ought to be evident to everyone that business has to prosper before anyone can get any benefit from it.
I have no business to feel downcast or querulous merely because when so much as been given me I have not had even more.
Nowhere, not at sea, does a man feel more lonely than when riding over the far-reaching, seemingly never-ending plains.
Success, the real success, does not depend upon the position you hold but upon how you carry yourself in that position.
Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others.
More and more, as it becomes necessary to preserve the game, let us hope that the camera will largely supplant the rifle.
Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.
In popular government results worth while can only be achieved by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense.
Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.
Never hit if you can help it, but when you have to, hit hard. Never hit soft. You'll never get any thanks for hitting soft.
Much of the discussion about socialism and individualism is entirely pointless, because of failure to agree on terminology.
Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep.
The country is the place for children, and if not the country, a city small enough so that one can get out into the country.
In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world.
If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.
Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.
Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether in the long run it works more damage than softness of head.
I have often thought that unselfishness combined in one word more of the teachings of the Bible than any other in the language.
A revolution is sometimes necessary, but if revolutions become habitual the country in which they take place is going down-hill
Men with the muckrake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.
There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.
We can just as little afford to follow the doctrinaires of an extreme individualism as the doctrinaires of an extreme socialism.
Burning fossil fuels is like breaking up the furniture to feed the fireplace because it's easier than going out to the woodpile.
The ordinary air fighter is an extraordinary man and the extraordinary air fighter stands as one in a million among his fellows.
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.
Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.
The world wants the kind of men who do not shrink from temporary defeats in life; but come again and wrestle triumph from defeat.
...to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.
Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.
The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin ... would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.
The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side.
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.
Life brings sorrows and joys alike. It is what a man does with them - not what they do to him - that is the true test of his mettle.
Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.
The Cubists are entitled to the serious attention of all who find enjoyment in the colored puzzle pictures of the Sunday newspapers.
Our flag is a proud flag, and it stands for liberty and civilization. Where it has once floated, there must be no return to tyranny.
Get action. Do things; be sane; don't fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.
If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he becomes a mean, base and sordid creature, no matter how successful.
I don't think any President ever enjoyed himself more than I did. Moreover, I don't think any ex-President ever enjoyed himself more.
The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.