"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."

Roosevelt, Theodore on education
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"The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight."

Roosevelt, Theodore on duty
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"In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."

Roosevelt, Theodore on decisions
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"How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?"

Truman, Harry S on polls   

"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."

Roosevelt, Theodore on causes
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"Whenever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship."

Truman, Harry S on government
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"Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other."

Truman, Harry S on economy and economics   

"It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your own."

Truman, Harry S on depression
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"A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away."

Goldwater, Barry on government   

"He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep - pain that cannot forget; Falls drop by drop upon the heart, And in our own despite, against our will, Comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."

Aeschylus on god
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