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A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.

A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.
– Theodore Roosevelt

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  1. …the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would to oppress the former. – Theodore Roosevelt
  2. It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer. – Theodore Roosevelt
  3. When you cease to love, you cease to exist. – Debasish Mridha
  4. I must choose to cease from suffering or to cease from loving. – Marcel Proust
  5. A cease-fire between human beings depends upon a cease-fire with God. – Philip Yancey
  6. Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing. – Theodore Roosevelt
  7. When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’. – Theodore Roosevelt
  8. To befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business & corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day. – Theodore Roosevelt
  9. I am a part of everything that I have read. – Theodore Roosevelt
  10. When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all. – Theodore Roosevelt
  11. No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned. – Theodore Roosevelt
  12. I was glad to hear that you were to be confirmed. – Theodore Roosevelt
  13. Books are all very well in their way, and we love them at Sagamore Hill; but children are better than books. – Theodore Roosevelt
  14. No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. – Theodore Roosevelt
  15. The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it. – Theodore Roosevelt
  16. Most of the men had simple souls. They could relate facts, but they said very little about what they dimly felt. – Theodore Roosevelt
  17. We did everything possible to keep up the spirits of the men, but it was exceedingly difficult because there was nothing for them to do. – Theodore Roosevelt
  18. There has never yet been a person in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. – Theodore Roosevelt
  19. The citizen must have high ideals, and yet he must be able to achieve them inpractical fashion. – Theodore Roosevelt
  20. Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground. – Theodore Roosevelt
  21. In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing. – Theodore Roosevelt
  22. I have only a second rate brain, but I think I have a capacity for action. – Theodore Roosevelt
  23. Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords. – Theodore Roosevelt
  24. Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. – Theodore Roosevelt
  25. That was a good mark in Latin, and I am pleased with your steady improvement in it. – Theodore Roosevelt
  26. Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience. – Theodore Roosevelt
  27. A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. – Theodore Roosevelt
  28. You would be much amused with the animals round the ranch. – Theodore Roosevelt
  29. No man is above the law, and no man is below it. – Theodore Roosevelt
  30. Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it. – Theodore Roosevelt
  31. The existence of any method, standard, custom or practice is no reason for its continuance when a better is offered. – Theodore Roosevelt
  32. Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground – Theodore Roosevelt
  33. The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. – Theodore H White
  34. Lucky nation is the one who has at least one great progressive revolutionary man in its history! – Mehmet Murat ildan
  35. America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great. – Alexis de Tocqueville
  36. The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy. – Alfred E Smith
  37. The good thing about democracy is that every vote counts. The problem with democracy is that every vote counts. – Charbel Tadros
  38. Everybody should be equal in a democracy – that is the nature of a democracy. – Christina Engela
  39. Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. – Reinhold Niebuhr
  40. Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more. – Edward Abbey

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