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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is easy to say what we ought to do, but it is hard to do it; and yet no scheme can be devised which will save us from…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
It is easy to say what we ought to do, but it is hard to do it; and yet no scheme can be devised which will save us from the need of doing just this hard work.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

From an address on the challenges of national life, this quote emphasizes the necessity of hard work over easy pronouncements.

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