"Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right."
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"No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it."
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"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
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"Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved."
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"There is but one answer to terrorism and it is best delivered with a Winchester rifle."
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"Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of today."
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"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
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"People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives."
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"Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind."
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"I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head."
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"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."
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"Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage."
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"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life."
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"The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value."
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"The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly."
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"Give the brethren a chance to do something, anything, no matter how small or unimportant. A brother convinced that he is helpful is enthusiastic."
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"I violate no secret when I say that one of the greatest values in Masonry is that it affords an opportunity for men of all walks of life to meet on common ground where all men are equal and have one common interest."
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"Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones."
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"Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong."
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"There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a democrat like myself must admit this. But there is absolutely nothing to be said for government by a plutocracy, for government by men very powerful in certain lines and gifted with the money touch, but with ideals which in their essence are merely those of so many glorified pawnbrokers."
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