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Ruin looks us in the face if we judge a man by his position instead of judging him by his conduct in that position.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Do Something Now. If not you, who? If not here, where? If not now, when?
— Theodore Roosevelt
Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
— Theodore Roosevelt
There is no effort without error or shortcoming.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Not trying is the surest way of achieving nothing at all.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The truth is that any good modern rifle is good enough. The determining factor is the man behind the gun.
— Theodore Roosevelt
I have had a great time as president.
— Theodore Roosevelt
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
Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.
— Theodore Roosevelt
If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.
— Theodore Roosevelt
I wish to see the Bible study as much a matter of course in the secular colleges as in the seminary.
— Theodore Roosevelt
If elected, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Nowhere, not at sea, does a man feel more lonely than when riding over the far-reaching, seemingly never-ending plains ...
— Theodore Roosevelt
We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.
— Theodore Roosevelt
A true forest is not merely a storehouse full of wood, but, as it were, a factory of wood.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Never trust a man who says he is only a little crooked, and that the crookedness is exercised in your interest.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The little owls call to each other with tremulous, quavering voices throughout the livelong night, as they sit in the creaking trees.
— Theodore Roosevelt
But we must keep steadily in mind that no people were ever yet benefited by riches if their prosperity corrupted their virtue.
— Theodore Roosevelt
In the same way I have always regarded boxing as a first-class sport to encourage in the Young Men's Christian Association.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
— Theodore Roosevelt
A nation that still needs to distinguish between stealing an election, and stealing a new pair of shoes, is not completely civilized yet.
— Theodore Roosevelt
It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
— Theodore Roosevelt
What I am to be, I am becoming.
— Theodore Roosevelt
I do not intend that our natural resources shall be exploited by the few against the interests of the many.
— Theodore Roosevelt
In advocating any measure we must consider not only its justice but its practicability.
— Theodore Roosevelt
We have room for but one loyalty, loyalty to the United States.
— Theodore Roosevelt
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The citizen must have high ideals, and yet he must be able to achieve them inpractical fashion. — Theodore Roosevelt
Work hard at work worth doing.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Shooting well with the rifle is the highest kind of skill, for the rifle is the queen of weapons; and it is a difficult art to learn.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The modern naturalist must realize that in some of its branches his profession, while more than ever a science, has also become an art.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Comparison is the thief of joy.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it.
— Theodore Roosevelt
I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The country is the place for children, and if not the country, a city small enough so that one can get out into the country.
— Theodore Roosevelt
As regards the extraordinary prizes, the element of luck is the determining factor.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt had been enthralled with the idea of Texas since 1883, when he arrived in the Dakota Territory to ranch cattle.
— Douglas Brinkley
If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.
— Theodore Roosevelt
I do not think partisanship should ever obscure the truth.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Let us live in the harness, striving mightily.
— Theodore Roosevelt
I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding
— Theodore Roosevelt
Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.
— Theodore Roosevelt
I am simply unable to understand the value placed by so many people upon great wealth.
— Theodore Roosevelt
All privileges based on wealth, and all emnity to honest men merely because they are wealthy, are un-American.
— Theodore Roosevelt
While my interest in natural history has added very little to my sum of achievement, it has added immeasurably to my sum of enjoyment in life.
— Theodore Roosevelt
A churchless community, a community where men have abandoned and scoffed at or ignored their religious needs, is a community on the rapid downgrade.
— Theodore Roosevelt
A grove of giant redwood or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The light has gone out of my life.
— Theodore Roosevelt
With self discipline most anything is possible.
— Theodore Roosevelt
He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The woman has the right to be emancipated from the position of a drudge or a toy. She is entitled to a full equality in rights with man ...
— Theodore Roosevelt
People will love him (Theodore Roosevelt) for the enemies he has made.
— Doris Kearns Goodwin
I was not going to earn money, I must even things up by not spending it.
— Theodore Roosevelt
And the combination is rare.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Every Man owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Life means change; where there is no change, death comes.
— Theodore Roosevelt
We must diligently strive to make our young men decent, God-fearing, law-abiding, honor-loving, justice-doing and also fearless and strong.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The foes from whom we pray to be delivered are our own passions, appetites, and follies; and against these there is always need that we should war.
— Theodore Roosevelt
According to his habit, Theodore Roosevelt sought to harness anxiety through action.
— Doris Kearns Goodwin
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Death is always, under all circumstances, a tragedy, for if it is not then it means that life has become one.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side.
— Theodore Roosevelt
To hell with the Constitution when people want coal!
— Theodore Roosevelt
In a crisis, the man worth his salt is the man who meets the needs of the situation in whatever way is necessary.
— Theodore Roosevelt
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat
— Theodore Roosevelt
All the resources we need are in the mind.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The lunatic fringe in all reform movements.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers
— Theodore Roosevelt
The ordinary air fighter is an extraordinary man and the extraordinary air fighter stands as one in a million among his fellows.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those shown themselves worthy of it.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.
— Theodore Roosevelt
In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Give a man a soccer ball, he plays for a moment. Teach a man to play soccer, he plays for a life time.
— Theodore Roosevelt
There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The bulk of government is not legislation but administration.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The Constitution was made for the people and not the people for the Constitution.
— Theodore Roosevelt
If I have erred, I err in company with Abraham Lincoln.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Good luck belongs to those who know how and are not afraid." John Hay to President Theodore Roosevelt
— John Taliaferro
The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others
— Theodore Roosevelt
Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me then you will steal from me.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Only those who live and sleep in the open fully realize the beauty of dawn and moonlight and starlight.
— Theodore Roosevelt
It either is or ought to be evident to everyone that business has to prosper before anyone can get any benefit from it.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Nothing is gained by debate on non-debatable subjects.
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Unless the man is master of his soul all other kinds of mastery amount to little.
— Theodore Roosevelt
I have already lived and enjoyed as much life as any nine other men I have known.
— Theodore Roosevelt
We are the heirs of the ages
— Theodore Roosevelt
I'm as strong as a bull moose and you can use me to the limit.
— Theodore Roosevelt