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“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“Never give up, never surrender, and always go for the win.”
― Charlie Kirk, The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future

“Only in America could a President achieve the lowest ever black and Hispanic unemployment, have black business startups skyrocket 400%, see wages go up for black workers, advocate for prison reform, pardon wrongfully convicted people of color, and still be called a racist”
― Charlie Kirk, Campus Battlefield: How Conservatives Can WIN the Battle on Campus and Why It Matters

“Greatness, on the other hand, requires the liberty and the drive to make the most of yourself.”
― Charlie Kirk, The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future

“Socialism cannot survive when people are free to think for themselves, and America will never be a socialist country.”
― Charlie Kirk, The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future

“I think it’s worth it to have a cost; unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year. So that we can have our Second Amendment to protect our other God given rights.”
― Charlie Kirk

“I am writing this book as a young man who quite deliberately has chosen to commit my still early life to fighting to restore, perhaps finish building, an America that was envisioned by our Founding Fathers.”
― Charlie Kirk, Time for a Turning Point: Setting a Course Toward Free Markets and Limited Government for Future Generations