A churchless community, a community where men have abandoned and scoffed at or ignored their religious needs, is a community on the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
He [Lincoln] had mastered it {the Bible] absolutely...mastered it so that he became almost 'a man of one Book', who knew that… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We sincerely and earnestly believe in peace; but if peace and justice conflict, we scorn the man who would not stand for… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The eighth commandment reads, "Thou shalt not steal." It does not read, "Thou shalt not steal from the rich man." It does… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Character is far more important than intellect in making a man a good citizen or successful at his calling- meaning by character… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The wise and honorable and Christian thing to do is to treat each black man and each white man (or any person)… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
War with evil; but show no spirit of malignity toward the man who may be responsible for the evil. Put it out… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If a man has a very decided character, has a strongly accentuated career, it is normally the case of course that he… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Any political movement directed against any body of our fellow-citizens because of their religious creed is a grave offense against American principles… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Men with the muckrake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The good citizen will demand liberty for himself, and as a matter of pride he will see to it that others receive… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and intertwined with our whole civic… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If we seek merely swollen, slothful ease and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
No nation can be really great unless it is great in peace, in industry, integrity, honesty. Skilled intelligence in civic affairs and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope - the door of opportunity - is to be shut… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It's not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The fool who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well nigh as dangerous as… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A good shot must necessarily be a good man since the essence of good marksmanship is self-control and self-control is the essential… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To borrow a simile from the football field, we believe that men must play fair, but that there must be no shirking,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world. I… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The plea of good intentions is not one that can be allowed to have much weight in passing historical judgment upon a… — 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
The party belongs to the millions of the rank and file. It does not belong to the handful of politicians who have… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In speaking to you men of the greatest city of the West, men of the state which gave to the country Lincoln… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Among the wise and high-minded people who in self-respecting and genuine fashion strive earnestly for peace, there are the foolish fanatics always… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Now, it is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is vile and debasing. There is filth on the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The one quality which sets one man apart from another- the key which lifts one to every aspiration while others are caught… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If I were a factory employee, a workman on the railroads or a wage-earner of any sort, I would undoubtedly join the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A healthy state can exist only when the men and women who make it up lead clean, vigorous, healthy lives; when the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
'Liar' is just as ugly a word as 'thief,' because it implies the presence of just as ugly a sin in one… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
And it is through strife and the readiness for strife that a man or a nation must win greatness. So, let the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In every community there are little knots of fantastic extremists who loudly proclaim that they are striving for righteousness, and who, in… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If, in any individual, university training produces a taste for refined idleness, a distaste for sustained effort, a barren intellectual arrogance, or… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of success. One is the rare kind that comes to the person who has the power to do… — 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