"The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight."
― Theodore Roosevelt
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More From Theodore Roosevelt
- "Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace."
- "The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead."
- "The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits."
More In Good
- "To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact."― Charles Darwin
- "We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners."― Gilbert K. Chesterton
- "A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor’s."― Richard Whately