God calls all the passions out in their keenness and vigor for the present safety of mankind, anger and revenge and the heroic mind, and a readiness to suffer—all the secret strength, all the invisible array of the feelings—all that nature has reserved for the great scenes of the world.
Roosevelt speaks to the power of human emotions in the face of adversity and the need for heroic qualities.
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Character must show itself in the man's performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the State.
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.
I absolutely agree with you that this matter is not one to be decided with any reference to the personal preferences or interests of any man, but purely from the standpoint of the interests of the people as a whole.
France is one of these nations. For her to sink would be a loss to all the world.
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