Theodore Roosevelt Quotes - Page 16

• ... the Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war, and the failure to act against Turkey is to condone it ... the failure to deal radically with the Turkish horror means that all talk of guaranteeing the future peace of the world is mischievous nonsense.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  War, Mean, Turkeys

  Theodore Roosevelt (1954). “Letters: The days of Armageddon, 1909-1914”

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• Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Corporations, Harmony, Institutions

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 2 (of 2) of Supplemental Volume: Theodore Roosevelt, Supplement”, p.23, tredition

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• The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Citizens, Firsts, Duty

  Theodore Roosevelt (1967). “Writings”

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• Let the watchwords of all our people be the old familiar watchwords of honesty, decency, fair-dealing, and commonsense."... "We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less.""The welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Honesty, Men, Squares

  Speech at New York State Fair, Syracuse, N.Y., 7 Sept. 1903 See Theodore Roosevelt 11

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• No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Roots, Wealth, Force

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.110, Courier Corporation

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• The forces that tend for evil are great and terrible, but the forces of truth and love and courage and honesty and generosity and sympathy are also stronger than ever before.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Honesty, Generosity, Evil

  The Man with the Muck-rake, delivered 14 April 1906

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• The weakling and the coward cannot be saved by honesty alone; but without honesty the brave and able man is merely a civic wild beast who should be hunted down by every lover of righteousness. No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Honesty, Men, Community

  "The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses" by Theodore Roosevelt. "The Eighth and Ninth Commandments in Politics", 1910.

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• The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Special, Peculiar

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.69, Cornell University Press

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• I dream of men who take the next step instead of worrying about the next thousand steps.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Dream, Men, Worry

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• I never won anything without hard labor and the exercise of my best judgment.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Exercise, Judgment, Labor

  Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Bully!”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver hath subjected himself unto laws.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Character, Self, Law

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• If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Peace, War, Names

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “African and European Addresses”, p.129, tredition

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• At sometime in our lives a devil dwells within us, causes heartbreaks, confusion and troubles, then dies.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Confusion, Devil, Causes

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.75, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Work, Men

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.17, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Is America a weakling, to shrink from the work of the great world powers? No! The young giant of the West stands on a continent and clasps the crest of an ocean in either hand. Our nation, glorious in youth and strength, looks into the future with eager eyes and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Running, Strong, Ocean

  Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.10, Taylor Trade Publications

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• No man can lead a public career really worth leading, no man can act with rugged independence in serious crises, nor strike at great abuses, nor afford to make powerful and unscrupulous foes, if he is himself vulnerable in his private character.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Powerful, Character, Men

  Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

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• McKinley has no more backbone than a chocolate eclair.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Chocolate, Mckinley, Eclairs

  Theodore Roosevelt (1997). “The Rough Riders”, Taylor Pub

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• Even in ordinary times there are very few of us who do not see the problems of life as through a glass, darkly; and when the glass is clouded by the murk of furious popular passion, the vision of the best and the bravest is dimmed.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Passion, Glasses, Vision

  Theodore Roosevelt (2004). “Letters and Speeches”

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• The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Country, Peace, Humanity

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.79, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Nothing is gained by debate on non-debatable subjects.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Debate, Subjects

  Theodore Roosevelt (2005). “Fear God and Take Your Own Part”, p.75, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Ours is a government of liberty by, through, and under the law.
  A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Government, Law, History

  Theodore Roosevelt (1955). “Theodore Roosevelt's America: Selections from the Writings of the Oyster Bay Naturalist”

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• If, in any individual, university training produces a taste for refined idleness, a distaste for sustained effort, a barren intellectual arrogance, or a sense of superfluous aloofness from the world of real men who do the world's real work, then it has harmed that individual.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Real, Men, Intellectual Arrogance

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• It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Opportunity, Men, Shapes

  Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt”, p.50, Simon and Schuster

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• Comparison with something that is better is the thief of joy. Comparison with something that is worse is a joy - full of relief and gratitude! You cannot always choose what happens to you or your circumstances but you can always choose your attitude by what you choose to compare your experiences or circumstances to and therefore how you will feel!! We can make any experience either a heaven or a hell by what we compare it to. Our emotions are 'an inside job!'

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Gratitude, Jobs, Attitude

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• The light has gone out of my life.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Sympathy, Condolences, Loss

  Theodore Roosevelt (2014). “Forgotten Tales and Vanished Trails”, p.16, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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