I abhor unjust war. I abhor injustice and bullying by the strong at the expense of the weak, whether among nations or… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A finer body of men has never been gathered by any nation than the men who have done the work of building… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Willful sterility is, from the standpoint of the nation, from the standpoint of the human race, the one sin for which the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
What such a man needs is not courage but nerve control, cool headedness. This he can get only by practice. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I must be wanting to be President. Every young man does. But I won't let myself think of it; I must not,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is time for us now as a nation to exercise the same reasonable foresight in dealing with our great natural resources… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its… — 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
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 Copy Share Image
I do not believe there ever was any life more attractive to a vigorous young fellow than life on a cattle ranch… — 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
Of one man in especial, beyond anyone else, the citizens of a republic should beware, and that is of the man who… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To every man who faces life with real desire to do his part in everything, I appeal for a study of the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
What a man does for himself, dies with him. What a man does for his community lives long after he's gone. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The weakling and the coward are out of place in a strong and free community. In a republic like ours the governing… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble, and neither will speaking… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The Americans of other blood must remember that the man who in good faith and without reservations gives up another country for… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In a crisis, the man worth his salt is the man who meets the needs of the situation in whatever way is… — 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
“Most of the men had simple souls. They could relate facts, but they said very little about what they dimly felt.” — 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