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First Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
- There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to 'mean' horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as…
- ...to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.
- If there is any one duty which more than another we owe it to our children and our children's children to perform at once, it…
- I feel most emphatically that we should not turn into shingles a tree which was old when the first Egyptian conqueror penetrated to the valley…
- There are two things that I want you to make up your minds to: first, that you are going to have a good time as…
- Conservation of our resources is the fundamental question before this nation, and that our first and greatest task is to set our house in order…
- Fertile plains, every foot of them tilled, are of the first necessity; but great natural playgrounds of mountain, forest, cliff-walled lake, and brawling brook are…
- A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how well he cares…
- The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight; that…
- Honesty first; then courage; then brains - and all are indispensable.
- 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.
- 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.
- The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as…
- 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…
- Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihoodthe virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price,…
- In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us,…
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- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle
- Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour
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- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong