Theodore Roosevelt Quotes - Page 7

• Any political movement directed against any body of our fellow-citizens because of their religious creed is a grave offense against American principles and American institutions. It is a wicked thing either to support or oppose a man because of the creed he possesses. . . . Such a movement directly contravenes the spirit of the Constitution itself.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Religious, Men, Political

  Theodore Roosevelt (2005). “Fear God and Take Your Own Part”, p.358, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.7, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Battle, Armageddon, Lord

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.30, Cornell University Press

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• Never trust a man who says he is only a little crooked, and that the crookedness is exercised in your interest.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Littles, Never Trust

  Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “The New Nationalism”, Best Books on

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• No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism, to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Loss, Luxury, Heartless

  Nobel Lecture, delivered 5 May 2010, Oslo, Norway

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• It is better to be faithful than famous.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Loyalty, Army, Faithful

  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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• In other words, character is far more important than intellect to the race as to the individual. We need intellect, and there is no reason why we should not have it together with character; but if we must choose between the two we choose character without a moment's hesitation.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Character, Race, Two

  Theodore Roosevelt (1897). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: American ideals, with a biographical sketch by F. V. Greene. Administration”

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• There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of the Colorado, the Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and their children's children forever, with their majestic beauty all unmarred.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Beautiful, Children, Yellowstone

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.128, Cornell University Press

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• No people ever yet benefited by riches if their prosperity corrupted their virtue.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  People, Riches, Prosperity

  Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

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• Our loyalty is due entirely to the United States. It is due to the President only and exactly to the degree in which he efficiently serves the United States. It is our duty to support him when he serves the United States well. It is our duty to oppose him when he serves it badly. This is true about Mr. Wilson now and it has been true about all our Presidents in the past. It is our duty at all times to tell the truth about the President and about every one else, save in the cases where to tell the truth at the moment would benefit the public enemy.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Loyalty, Past, Support

  Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

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• To permit every lawless capitalist, every law-defying corporation, to take any action, no matter how iniquitous, in the effort to secure an improper profit and to build up privilege, would be ruinous to the Republic and would mark the abandonment of the effort to secure in the industrial world the spirit of democratic fair dealing.

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  Law, Effort, Would Be

  Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “Presidential addresses and state papers”

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• Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly gone down to the brink of the chasm of darkness to bring back the children in whose hands rests the future of the years.

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  Wise, Mother, Children

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.125, Cornell University Press

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• No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Progressive Taxation, Dollars

  Theodore Roosevelt (2014). “Selected Speeches and Writings of Theodore Roosevelt”, p.117, Vintage

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• The Americans of other blood must remember that the man who in good faith and without reservations gives up another country for this must in return receive exactly the same rights, not merely legal, but social and spiritual, that other Americans proudly possess. We of the United States belong to a new and separate nationality. We are all Americans and nothing else, and each, without regard to his birthplace, creed, or national origin, is entitled to exactly the same rights as all other Americans.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Spiritual, Country, Giving Up

  Theodore Roosevelt (1921). “Roosevelt in the Kansas City Star: War-time Editorials”

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• No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  People, Office, President

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.81, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I do not dislike but I certainly have no especial respect or admiration for and no trust in, the typical big moneyed men of my country. I do not regard them as furnishing sound opinion as respects either foreign or domestic business.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Country, Business, Men

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• By acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Acting, Grizzly Bears, Not Afraid

  Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt”, p.47, Simon and Schuster

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• The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Military, Citizens, Weight

  Speech, New York, N.Y., 11 Nov. 1902

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• There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  History, Presidential, Environmental

  Theodore Roosevelt, H. W. Brands (2001). “African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-naturalist”, p.21, Rowman & Littlefield

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• The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

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  Wisdom, Children, Names

  Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.24, Taylor Trade Publications

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• I believe that the officers, and, especially, the directors, of corporations should be held personally responsible when any corporation breaks the law.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Believe, Law, Directors

  Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “The New Nationalism”, Best Books on

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• Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Strength, Peace, Thorough Knowledge

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for it. The function of the mere critic is of very subordinate usefulness. It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Stress, Fighting, Men

  "The College Graduate and Public Life" (1894) See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 5; Theodore Roosevelt 18

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• The teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us to figure to ourselves what that life would be if these teachings were removed.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Teaching, Would Be, Impossible

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• All the resources we need are in the mind.

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  Mind, Needs, Resources

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.78, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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