The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The one being abhorrent to the powers above the earth and under them is the hyphenated American — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I do not intend that our natural resources shall be exploited by the few against the interests of the many. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take… — 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. — 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
The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
While my interest in natural history has added very little to my sum of achievement, it has added immeasurably to my sum… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The Bad Lands grade all the way from those that are almost rolling in character to those that are so fantastically broken… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources ... But the time has come to inquire seriously what… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Nowadays the field naturalist-who is usually at all points superior to the mere closet naturalist-follows a profession as full of hazard and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Death by violence, death by cold, death by starvation - they are the normal endings of the stately creatures of the wilderness.… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“[We] all need more than anything else to know human nature, to know the needs of the human soul; and they will… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The establishment of the National Park Service is justified by considerations of good administration, of the value of natural beauty as a… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Now and then we hear the wilder voices of the wilderness, from animals that in the hours of darkness do not fear… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Surely our people do not understand even yet the rich heritage that is theirs. There can be nothing in the world more… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I can no more explain why I like "natural history" than why I like California canned peaches; nor why I do not… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I wish to say seriously to all the daily newspapers, to the Republicans, the Democrat, and Socialist parties, that they cannot, month… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“The very pathetic myth of "beneficent nature" could not deceive even the least wise being if he once saw for himself the… — 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
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
“Generally the thunder-storms came in the afternoon, but once I saw one at sunrise, driving down the high mountain valleys toward us.… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The beauty and charm of the wilderness are his for the asking, for the edges of the wilderness lie close beside the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If we would have our citizens contented and law-abiding, we must not sow the seeds of discontent in childhood by denying children… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is an incalculable added pleasure to any one's sum of happiness if he or she grows to know, even slightly and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its… — 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
Conservation means development as much as it does protection. I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use… — 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
Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves;… — 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
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