“‘I must do something’ will always solve more problems than ‘Something must be done’” is a saying that has been printed on posters. The saying has been cited in print since at least 1971 and is of unknown authorship.
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24 June 1971, Carlisle (IA) Citizen, pg. 2, col. 2:
“I must do something” will always solve more problems than “Something must be done.”
3 February 1972, The Williamson County Sun (Georgetown, TX), “Liberty Hill News” by Howard Wilson, sec. 2, pg. 1, col. 6:
It is wisely written that, “I must do something” will always solve more problems than “something must be done.”
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20 September 1973, Daily News (Bowling Green, KY), pg. 23, col. 1 ad:
WARREN COUNTY REALTY COMPANY
“I must do something” will always solve more problems than, “Something must be done”.
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Total Life Prosperity
By Lanson Ross
Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers
1982
Pg. 144:
“I must do something” will always solve more problems than “Something must be done.”
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Words for All Occasions
By Glenn Van Ekeren
Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall
1988
Pg. 27:
“I must do something” will always solve more problems than “Something must be done.”
Anonymous
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20 February 1994, Ocala (FL) Star-Banner, pg. 2E, col. 6 ad:
“If you think about it, the I must do something attitude will always solve more problems than the something must be done attitude.”
(...)
OCALA/MARION COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
(The quote is from Fred Tyrrell, Association president.—ed.)
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4 September 1999, Wilmington (NC) Morning Star, “Property Lines” by Danny Brock, pg. 1E, col. 1:
If you think about it, the I-must-do-something attitude will always solve more problems than the something-must-be-done attitude.
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Business Wit & Wisdom
By Richard Zera
Washington, DC: Beard Books
2005
Pg. 128:
“I must do something” will always solve more problems than “Something must be done.”
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Start the Day:
Words of Hope and Inspiration
By Rev Danny Benfield
Bloomington, IN: CrossBooks
2012
Pg. 2:
“I must do something” will always solve more problems than “Something must be done.” ~ anonymous
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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