Politics Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

Kings and such are just as funny as politicians.

— Theodore Roosevelt

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.

— Theodore Roosevelt

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I wish that all Americans would realize that American politics is world politics.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The government is us; WE are the government, you and I."- Theodore Roosevelt

— Theodore Roosevelt

The object of government is the welfare of the people.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The bulk of government is not legislation but administration.

— Theodore Roosevelt

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

— Theodore Roosevelt

The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our…

— Theodore Roosevelt

In popular government results worth while can only be achieved by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The corporation that shrinks from the light" would have anything to fear from government. About the welfare of such corporations we need…

— 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

A small politician, of low capacity and mean surroundings, proud to act as the servile tool of men worse than himself but…

— Theodore Roosevelt

...to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.

— Theodore Roosevelt

All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law

— Theodore Roosevelt

Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The party belongs to the millions of the rank and file. It does not belong to the handful of politicians who have…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Any political movement directed against any body of our fellow-citizens because of their religious creed is a grave offense against American principles…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. To put an end to it will be neither…

— Theodore Roosevelt

These international bankers and Rockefeller Standard Oil interests control the majority of newspapers and the columns of these papers to club into…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The object of government is the welfare of the people. The material progress and prosperity of a nation are desirable chiefly so…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A typical vice of American politics the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues, and the announcement of radical policies with…

— Theodore Roosevelt

If I were a factory employee, a workman on the railroads or a wage-earner of any sort, I would undoubtedly join the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Our aim is not to do away with corporations; on the contrary, these big aggregations are an inevitable development of modern industrialism,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The good citizen will demand liberty for himself, and as a matter of pride he will see to it that others receive…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The effort to make financial or political profit out of the destruction of character can only result in public calamity. Gross and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I…

— Theodore Roosevelt

One of the fundamental necessities in a representative government such as ours is to make certain that the men to whom the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A party should not contain utterly incongruous elements, radically divided on the real issues, and acting together only on false and dead…

— Theodore Roosevelt

In the history of mankind many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Fellow-feeling. . .is the most important factor in producing a healthy political and social life. Neither our national nor our local civic…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

— Theodore Roosevelt

There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The dull, purblind folly of the very rich men, their greed and arrogance, and the corruption in business and politics, have tended…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

— Theodore Roosevelt