Widewing, if im not indiscrete,
isnt the man in your avatar your father?
That is Teddy Roosevelt, my favorite President. A huge personality and character, he embodied everything good about the American dream... Yet, he was flawed and made plenty of mistakes. I tell my friends from other nations to study and understand Theodore Roosevelt to best begin to understand America...
He is the author of one of my favorite quotes, which provides vast insight into his personality, and mindset...
"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure; than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. "