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| A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy | | Democracy | |
| A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than the most prosperous peace | | War | |
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| A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. | | Education; Graduation | |
| A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have. | | Uncategorized | |
| A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education | | Uncategorized | |
| A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues. | | Politics | |
| A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. | | Uncategorized | |
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| After the war, and until the day of his death, his position on almost every public question was either mischievous or ridiculous, and usually both | | Uncategorized | |
| Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords | | Uncategorized | |
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| Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life. | | America; Virtue | |
| At sometime in our lives a devil dwells within us, causes heartbreaks, confusion and troubles, then dies. | | Uncategorized | |
| 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 know neither victory nor defeat | | Uncategorized | |
| Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. | | Uncategorized | |
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| Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. | | Uncategorized | |
| Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. | | Character | |
| Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law that neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily taken for th | | Law and lawyers | |
