Theodore Roosevelt

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Argument weak; speak loudly!

— Theodore Roosevelt

Let the watchwords of all our people be the old familiar watchwords of honesty, decency, fair-dealing, and commonsense."... "We must treat each…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The forces that tend for evil are great and terrible, but the forces of truth and love and courage and honesty and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at the bottom this policy rests upon the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The greatest privilege and greatest duty for any man is to be happily married, and no other form of success or service,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement…

— 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

If elected, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Death by violence, death by cold, death by starvation - they are the normal endings of the stately creatures of the wilderness.…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I am far from underestimating the importance of dividends, but I rank dividends below human character.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I am simply unable to understand the value placed by so many people upon great wealth.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women…

— 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

It may be that at some time in the dim future of the race the need for war will vanish: but that…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

— Theodore Roosevelt

From the very beginning our people have markedly combined practical capacity for affairs with power of devotion to an ideal. The lack…

— Theodore Roosevelt