Teddy Roosevelt: “Of course, if the dream is not followed by action, then it is a…”

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Of course, if the dream is not followed by action, then it is a bubble; it has merely served to divert the man from doing something.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt warns that dreams without action are meaningless distractions.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Of course, if the dream is not followed by action, then it is a bubble; it has merely served to divert the man from…”