Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to ...

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk we must act big.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt

American politician, 26th president of the United States

October 27th, 1858 - January 6th, 1919

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