A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than the most prosperous peace — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The duties are even more important than the rights; and in the long run I think that the reward is ampler and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“We cordially believe in the rights of property. We think that normally and in the long run the rights of humanity, coincide… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above both is character. It is true, of course,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Any man who tries to excite class hatred, sectional hate, hate of creeds, any kind of hatred in our community, though he… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“We must beware of any attempt to make hatred in any form the basis of action. Most emphatically each of us needs… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether in the long run it works more damage than softness… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be… — 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 Image
There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
