Your quote reminds me of another from Theodore Roosevelt and one of my personal favourites, which has come to be known as 'The Man in the Arena'[1]. Not sure wh

Your quote reminds me of another from Theodore Roosevelt and one of my personal favourites, which has come to be known as 'The Man in the Arena'[1]. Not sure which TR quote came first, but one likely influenced the other by the look of it. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_in_a_Republic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_in_a_Republic