“The reason that he knew so much about everything, I found, was that wherever he went he got right in with the people ”
― The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
― The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
“The tragedy is that our eternal welfare depends upon our hearing, and we have trained our ears not to hear.”
― The Pursuit of God
― The Pursuit of God
“… I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.”
― The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
― The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
“Doctor,” came the reply, “I’m going to do all the things you tell me not to do. If I’ve got to live the sort of life you have described, I don’t care how short it is.”
― The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
― The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
“Nine out of ten beer drinkers are decent and reputable citizens,” Roosevelt declared. “That large class of Americans who have adopted the German customs in regard to drinking ales and beers … are in the main … law-abiding.”
― The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
― The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
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