I wish that all Americans would realize that American politics is world politics.

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Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

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I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

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Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

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Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

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I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.

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The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.

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I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.

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