Theodore Roosevelt quote: Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be ...

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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