I do not in the least underrate the power of an awakened public opinion; but in the final test it will be the attitude of the industries of the country which more than anything else will determine whether or not our forests are to be preserved.
Roosevelt highlights the critical role of industry in forest conservation efforts.
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Character must show itself in the man's performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the State.
No man is worth his salt in public life who makes on the stump a pledge which he does not keep after election; and, if he makes such a pledge and does not keep it, hunt him out of public life.
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