"Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our……" — Theodore Roosevelt
"Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking."
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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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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
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Were not the disadvantages of slavery too obvious to stand in need of it, I might enumerate and describe the…
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