Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I would preach to my countrymen not the life of ease; not the effortless life of comfort, of avoidance of risk, and avoidance of trouble.

Remarks in Cheyenne, Wyoming

05/29/1903

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Self-government is not too easy a thing.

The wounds left by the great Civil War have long healed, but its memories remain.

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The republic cannot succeed if we do not take pains in educating the masters of the republic—that is, the people.