"One of our defects as a nation..." - Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called ''weasel words.'' When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a ''weasel word'' after another there is nothing left of the other.
More by Theodore Roosevelt
“The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
“From time to time, little men will find fault with what you have done...but they will go down the stream like bubbles, they will vanish. But the work you have done will remain for the ages.”
“Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.”
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“Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love”
“Society is frivolous, and shreds its day into scraps, its conversation into ceremonies and escapes.”
“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.”