It seems to me that, for the nation as for the individual, what is most important is to insist on the vital need of combining certain sets of qualities, which separately are common enough, and, alas, useless enough. Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare. Love of peace is common among weak, short- sighted, timid, and lazy persons; and on the other hand courage is found among many men of evil temper and bad character. -Theodore ...
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It seems to me that, for the nation as for the individual, what is most important is to insist on the vital need of combining certain sets of qualities, which separately are common enough, and, alas, useless enough. Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare. Love of peace is common among weak, short- sighted, timid, and lazy persons; and on the other hand courage is found among many men of evil temper and bad character. -Theodore Roosevelt
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