I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it. — 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
The man who holds that every human right is secondary to his profit must now give way to the advocate of human… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin ... would be to permit it to become a tangle of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
No greater wrong can ever be done than to put a good man at the mercy of a bad, while telling him… — 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
The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also the need of helping others in the only… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Rarely has any people enjoyed greater prosperity than we are now enjoying. For this we render heartfelt and solemn thanks to the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Nothing should be permitted to stand in the way of the preservation of the forests, and it is criminal to permit individuals… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Rattlesnakes are only too plentiful everywhere; along the river bottoms, in the broken, hilly ground, and on the prairies and the great… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The president is that invisible force that makes a school of fish suddenly change direction, so that everyone 'ohhs' and 'ahhs' at… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
And to lose the chance to see frigatebirds soaring in circles above the storm, or a file of pelicans winging their way… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I ask of each Mason, of each member, of each brother, that he shall remember ever that there is upon him a… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In the history of mankind many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The plea of good intentions is not one that can be allowed to have much weight in passing historical judgment upon a… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The good citizen will demand liberty for himself, and as a matter of pride he will see to it that others receive… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
At the risk of repetition let me say again that my plea is not for immunity to, but for the most unsparing… — 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
