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Own Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
- There must be no division by class hatred, whether this hatred be that of creed against creed, nationality against nationality, section against section, or men…
- But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American and nothing but an American. If he tries to keep segregated with…
- If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own…
- It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him,…
- The chief factor in any man's success or failure must be his own character.
- No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own…
- The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.
- 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 true Christians are the true citizens, lofty of purpose, resolute in endeavor, ready for a hero's deeds, but never looking down on their task…
- Abraham Lincoln - the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the Civil War - was the true representative of this people, not only…
- Some reformers may urge that in the ages distant future, patriotism, like the habit of monogamous marriage, will become a needless and obsolete virtue; but…
- 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 man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as…
- Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy…
- I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my…
- 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;…
- Any man who tries to excite class hatred, sectional hate, hate of creeds, any kind of hatred in our community, though he may affect to…
- Our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of special interests. Exactly as the special interests of cotton and…
- In order to succeed we need leaders of inspired idealism, leaders to whom are granted great visions, who dream greatly and strive to make their…
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov