blue02hd
06-09-2009, 14:36
Michelle and I are sitting here in CM's arm wresting over who originally penned the phrase:
"You have never lived, 'till you have almost died. And for those who fight for it, life has a flavor that the protected will never know.”
Any takers? Google Fu says I don't have the clearance,,,,,
MARSOC0211
06-09-2009, 15:02
Speak softly and carry a big stick." 1901, on the Monroe Doctrine
"It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who knows great enthusiasm, great devotion, and the triumph of achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails at least fails whilst daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those odd and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. You've never lived until you've almost died. For those who have had to fight for it life has truly a flavour the protected shall never know." Argus
"The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly, who know the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who, at the best, know the triumph of high achievement and who, at the worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. "
"In the Western hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power." Roosevelt’s message to Congress, 06.12.1904, now known as the Roosevelt Corollary. This ended the isolationism of the Monroe Doctrine in place since 1823.