"To borrow a simile from the football..." - Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
To borrow a simile from the football field, we believe that men must play fair, but that there must be no shirking, and that the success can only come to the player who hits the line hard.
More by Theodore Roosevelt
“It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.”
“I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize that the State, the community, the citizens acting together, can do a number of things better than if they were left to individual action.”
“We face the future with our past and our present as guarantors of our promises; and we are content to stand or to fall by the record which we have made and are making.”