"I took the Canal Zone and let Congress……" — Theodore Roosevelt
"I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also."
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Theodore Roosevelt
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531 Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt has 531 quotes on this site.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more…
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No, I'm not a good shot, but I shoot often.
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We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.
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We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others…
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He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.
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If elected, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more.
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No other President ever enjoyed the Presidency as I did.
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I feel as fit as a bull moose.
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There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism.
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One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words."
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The White House is a bully pulpit.
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We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property.
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More Canal Quotes
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one of 78 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The last time I had this much fun was a root-canal operation.
— Unknown Author
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I listen to money singing, it's like looking down from long French windows at a provincial town. The slums, the…
— Philip Larkin
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While reasons are provided by the facts,...rationality...depends instead on our beliefs. [...] [I]f I believe falsely that my hotel is…
— Derek Parfit
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Gus: "It tastes like..." Me: "Food." Gus: "Yes, precisely. It tastes like food, excellently prepared. But it does not taste,…
— John Green
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Nothing is important, so people, realising that, should get on with their lives, go mad, take their clothes off, jump…
— Steven Morrissey
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My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of…
— William Howard Taft
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They have removed the struggle to find anything. And therefore there is no genuine sense of discovery. Struggle is the…
— Tom Waits
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If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal…
— Bernard of Clairvaux
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You can replace houses. You can't replace people. I mean, it's left me speechless. I was talking to P.J. (Brown)…
— Chris Paul
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Our quarrel is not with Egypt, still less with the Arab world. It is with Colonel Nasser. He has shown…
— Anthony Eden
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A beam of luminous hydrogen canal rays has, owing to its velocity, exactly the same direction as that of the…
— Johannes Stark
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I had rather get a root canal without anesthesia than to call your customer service office for help.
— Jon Jones
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