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Rhetoric Is A Poor Substitute For Action, And We Have Trusted To Rhetoric.
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Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted to
rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely
talk, we must act big.
-- Theodore Roosevelt
Related:
We must reform if we would conserve. -- Franklin Delano Roosevel
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face .
.. we must do that which we think we cannot. -- Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962)...
We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood.
We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done....
When we cannot act as we wish, we must act as we can. -- Terrence
If we are to survive, this nation must end its love affair with guns.
-- U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. If we are to survive, this nation must end its love affair with big brother government and individuals must relearn what it means to be free....
Our so-called leaders speak; we've heard the full regalia.
They subjugate the meek, but it's the rhetoric of failure....
We have always fought. We must; we are hunters ...
acking and taking what we need. There are poor planets in the Klingon systems ....
To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe.
-- Anatole France...