Teddy Roosevelt: “The timid good man counts but little in the rough business of trying…”

On the recordApril 18, 1902

The timid good man counts but little in the rough business of trying to do well the world's work.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Banquet at Sherry's in Honor of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University in New York...

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The timid good man counts but little in the rough business of trying to do well the world's work.”