A Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Argument weak; speak loudly!

Theodore Roosevelt

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Argument Loudly Speak Weak

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Theodore Roosevelt
American - President
October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak.

William Godwin

casino owners spoke more loudly than any of the other kings of industry to defend their contribution to society. They could speak more loudly because theirs was the purest activity of civilized man. They had transcended the need for a product. They could maintain and advance life with machines that made nothing but money.

Jane Rule

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

Gerald R. Ford

The way you keep your house, the way you organize your time, the care you take in your personal appearance, the things you spend your money on, all speak loudly about what you believe. The beauty of thy peace shines forth in an ordered life. A disordered life speaks loudly of disorder in the soul.

Elisabeth Elliot

What you do should speak so loudly that no one will hear what you say.

Marv Levy

Scars speak more loudly than the sword that caused them.

Paulo Coelho

I have seen firsthand how injustice gets overlooked when the victims are powerless or vulnerable, when they have no one to speak up for them and no means of representing themselves to a higher authority. Animals are in precisely that position. Unless we are mindful of their interests and speak out loudly on their behalf, abuse and cruelty go unchallenged.

Desmond Tutu

What you do thunders above your head so loudly, I cannot hear the words you speak.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everyone's the anti-Teddy Roosevelt. Speak loudly and carry a brittle twig.

Alec Sulkin

You have to be you. You can't be anybody else. If you speak loudly, and people tell you to speak quietly, you can do it for a little bit, but loud people are loud, and people who are not, are not.

Mario Testino

Sometimes it's the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.

Lysa TerKeurst

And yet, those who speak loudly and call anyone who disagrees with them a wimp often do a disservice to the cause they are promoting.

Marvin Olasky

I know exactly how strong he is... He is like a peacock, spreading his feathers and squawking loudly to distract you from the back that his body is but weak." -Jason to Mahiya