Peace Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

We do not admire a man of timid peace.

— Theodore Roosevelt

No triumph of peace can equal the armed triumph of war.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Councils of War never fight.

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than the most prosperous peace

— 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 triumph of peace is quite so great as the supreme triumphs of war.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

— Theodore Roosevelt

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

— Theodore Roosevelt

A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“No man in public position can, under penalty of forfeiting the right to the respect of those whose regard he most values,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the…

— 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

Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to…

— 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

There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and…

— 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

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Among the wise and high-minded people who in self-respecting and genuine fashion strive earnestly for peace, there are the foolish fanatics always…

— Theodore Roosevelt

If we seek merely swollen, slothful ease and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at…

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

“I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of effort, labor…

— 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

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

There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Unjust war is to be abhorred; but woe to the nation that does not make ready to hold its own in time…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life; the life of toil and…

— 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

It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

— Theodore Roosevelt

We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort; the man who never wrongs…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Every expansion of civilization makes for peace. In other words, every expansion of a great civilized power means a victory for law,…

— Theodore Roosevelt