Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace or creed or… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100% Americanism, only for those who are… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Americanism is a question of spirit, of conviction and purpose, not creed or birthplaces. The test of our worth is the service… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihoodthe virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
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… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
The forces that tend for evil are great and terrible, but the forces of truth and love and courage and honesty and generosity and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at the bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize that the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
The greatest privilege and greatest duty for any man is to be happily married, and no other form of success or service, for either… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. To put an end to it will be neither a short… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
If elected, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
