"I feel most emphatically that we should not……" — Theodore Roosevelt
"I feel most emphatically that we should not turn into shingles a tree which was old when the first Egyptian conqueror penetrated to the valley of the Euphrates."
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531 Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt has 531 quotes on this site.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more…
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No, I'm not a good shot, but I shoot often.
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We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.
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We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others…
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He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.
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If elected, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more.
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No other President ever enjoyed the Presidency as I did.
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I feel as fit as a bull moose.
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There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism.
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One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words."
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The White House is a bully pulpit.
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We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property.
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Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought…
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It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers.…
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The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who…
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When it comes to physicians there is a common thread that is a major barrier to solving our concerns. We…
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War...is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.
— Ludwig von Mises
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Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror.
— Horace
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Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors.
— Honore de Balzac
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Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with…
— Fran Lebowitz
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PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love…
— Moliere
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In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or…
— William Ralph Inge
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Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all,…
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