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161 " Is it any wonder that I loved my regiment? "
― Theodore Roosevelt , The Rough Riders
162 " If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness. "
― Theodore Roosevelt
163 " Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of today. "
164 " 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. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure. "
165 " I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man. "
166 " In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard. "
167 " For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know "
168 " 90% of the work in this country is doneby people who don't feel good". "
169 " The teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us to figure to ourselves what that life would be if these teaching were removed. "
170 " 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! "
171 " There is a delight in the hardy life of the open.There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.Conservation means development as much as it does protection. "
172 " The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but NEVER hit softly. "
173 " All the resources we need are in the mind. "
174 " 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. "
175 " It tires me to talk to rich men. You expect a man of millions, the head of a great industry, to be a man worthhearing; but as a rule they don't know anything outside their own business. "
176 " People ask the difference between a leader and a boss ... The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives. "
177 " There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction. "
178 " The only man who never makes a mistake is the one one who never does anything. "
179 " Bully "
180 " A man's usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.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. "