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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest President in the nation's history, following the assassination of William McKinley. Not quite 43 at the time, he brought progressive reforms to the country and strengthened foreign policy. He considered himself a "steward of the people" and took the stance that a President should do whatever was necessary for the public good, as long as it didn't break an actual law. A hero of the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt greatly expanded the United States role as a world power, often quoting his favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" His accomplishments included ensuring the construction of the Panama Canal and greatly expanding the nation's national park system in the West, including Yosemite.

Date of Birth: October 27, 1858

Date of Death: January 06, 1919

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"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience."

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The Century: Volume 60 (1900) pg. 215

From a piece titled "Latitude and Longitude among reformers," Roosevelt continues, "He is bound to do all the good possible. Yet he must consider the question of expediency, in order that he may do all the good possible, for otherwise he will do none."

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"The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it."

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As quoted in Six sigma (2006) pg. 188

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"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."

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Letter to Henry L. Sprague (26 January 1900)

Roosevelt himself said he was quoting a "West African proverb," but this is the earliest recorded use of this phrase.

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"When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not Guilty.""

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"The credit belongs to those people who are actually in the arena...who know the great enthusiasms, the great devotions to a worthy cause; who, at best, know the triumph of high achievement; and who,at worst, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

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"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month."

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"Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big."

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