“I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize that the State, the community, the citizens acting together, can do a number of things better than if they were left to individual action.”
― The Man In The Arena: Speeches and Essays by Theodore Roosevelt
― The Man In The Arena: Speeches and Essays by Theodore Roosevelt
“The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do.”
― The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985
― The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985
“I love all waste
and solitary places; where we taste
the pleasure of believing what we see.
Is boundless, as we wish our souls to be.”
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and solitary places; where we taste
the pleasure of believing what we see.
Is boundless, as we wish our souls to be.”
―
“Another glorious Sierra day in which one seems to be dissolved and absorbed and sent pulsing onward we know not where. Life seems neither long nor short, and we take no more heed to save time or make haste than do the trees and stars. This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality.”
― My First Summer in the Sierra
― My First Summer in the Sierra
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