The great deeds of those that have gone before us must ever serve not as a reason for inaction on our part, but as the keenest of spurs to drive us forward on the path of national greatness and justice.
Remarks at a Banquet Given By Attorney General Philander Knox in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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the fate of the leader for the time being is of little consequence, but the cause itself must in the end triumph, for its triumph is essential to the well-being of the American people.
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.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.
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