Justice Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“In advocating any measure we must consider not only its justice but its practicability.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

“No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I entirely appreciate loyalty to one"s friends, but loyalty to the cause of justice and honor stands above it.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The sons of all of us will pay in the future if we of the present do not do justice in the…

— 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 settler and pioneer have at bottom had justice on their side; this great continent could not have been kept as nothing…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.

— Theodore Roosevelt

With a great moral issue involved, neutrality does not serve righteousness; for to be neutral between right and wrong is to serve…

— Theodore Roosevelt

We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihoodthe virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Peace is normally a great good, and normally it coincides with righteousness, but it is righteousness and not peace which should bind…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Of all the officers of the Government, those of the Department of Justice should be kept most free from any suspicion of…

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

The weakling and the coward cannot be saved by honesty alone; but without honesty the brave and able man is merely a…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The supreme duty of the Nation is the conservation of human resources through an enlightened measure of social and industrial justice. We…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Freemasonry teaches not merely temperance, fortitude, prudence, justice, brotherly love, relief, and truth, but liberty, equality, and fraternity, and it denounces ignorance,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Love of peace is common among weak, short-sighted, timid, and lazy persons; and on the other hand courage is found among many…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I abhor unjust war. I abhor injustice and bullying by the strong at the expense of the weak, whether among nations or…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages, though it is apt to be also the most terrible…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The immigrant must not be allowed to drift or to be put at the mercy of the exploiter. Our object is not…

— Theodore Roosevelt

In every community there are little knots of fantastic extremists who loudly proclaim that they are striving for righteousness, and who, in…

— Theodore Roosevelt

All that the law can do is to shape things so that no injustice shall be done by one to the other,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

We sincerely and earnestly believe in peace; but if peace and justice conflict, we scorn the man who would not stand for…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Every special interest is entitled to justice - full, fair, and complete... but not one is entitled to a vote in Congress,…

— Theodore Roosevelt