Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
From Theodore Roosevelt
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.
Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.
Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.
5 perspectives
4 perspectives
3 perspectives
2 perspectives
1 perspectives