Honesty Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

8 Honesty quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt’s eight brief statements on honesty reflect his energetic advocacy for moral fortitude. This compact selection gives a quick glimpse into his belief that integrity fuels both personal and national strength.

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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…

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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…

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Honesty first; then courage; then brains - and all are indispensable.

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Character is far more important than intellect in making a man a good citizen or successful at his calling- meaning by character…

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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…

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No nation can be really great unless it is great in peace, in industry, integrity, honesty. Skilled intelligence in civic affairs and…

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It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has…

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We cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so…

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

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There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains.

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Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

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Argument weak; speak loudly!

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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…

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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…

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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

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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…

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It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he…

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I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize that the…

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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…

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The greatest privilege and greatest duty for any man is to be happily married, and no other form of success or service, for either…

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For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their…

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