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National Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
- A really great people, proud and high spirited, would face all the disasters of war rather than purchase that base prosperity which is bought at…
- The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life.
- Willful sterility is, from the standpoint of the nation, from the standpoint of the human race, the one sin for which the penalty is national…
- If we lose the virile, manly qualities, and sink into a nation of mere hucksters, putting gain over national honor, and subordinating everything to mere…
- The mother is the one supreme asset of national life; she is more important by far than the successful statesman, or business man, or artist,…
- The need for collecting large campaign funds would vanish if Congress provided an appropriation for the proper and legitimate expenses of each of the great…
- The chase is among the best of all national pastimes; it cultivates that vigorous manliness for the lack of which in a nation, as in…
- I like to see Quentin (Roosevelt) practicing baseball. It gives me hope that one of my boys will not take after his father in this…
- Those who oppose all reform will do well to remember that ruin in its worst form is inevitable if our national life brings us nothing…
- The establishment of the National Park Service is justified by considerations of good administration, of the value of natural beauty as a National asset, and…
- Our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of special interests. Exactly as the special interests of cotton and…
- War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious…
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- If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. — Margaret Atwood
- My first jobs were all civil service. At 14, I worked for the Canadian National Railways. At 16, I worked for the… — Dan Aykroyd
- Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to… — Ibrahim Babangida
- I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security… — Michele Bachmann
- I've learned the hard way at the national level that any erroneous statement will very quickly be magnified. So, as someone who… — Michele Bachmann
- The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left for profitable… — Mikhail Bakunin
- In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was… — Gerry Adams
- Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He thought… — Bruce Barton
- Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper… — Evan Bayh
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