The "Quote Boat" keeps chugging along.
All aboard!
"...the blamelessness and the fighting edge are not always combined. Both qualities are necessary for the man who is to wage active battle against the powers that prey. He must be clean of life, so that he can laugh when his public or his private record is searched; and yet being clean of life will not avail him if he is either foolish or timid. He must walk warily and fearlessly, and while he should never brawl if he can avoid it, he must be ready to hit hard if the need arises. Let him remember, by the way, that the unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
I adore crap like this too.
A lot!
(And wish I was more like it.)
I adore this particular, uh, brand of crap, too. Also I picture Teddy looking kind of like this while saying it: (now let's see if I can get this linky thing to work)
ReplyDeletehttp://mydaguerreotypeboyfriend.tumblr.com/post/6142032557/young-teddy-roosevelt-was-a-stone-cold-fox-here
that is billy bad apple fo sho!
Deleteyoung ted roose was a stone cold foxy loxy.
....or something less gay
:)