"Peace is normally a great good, and normally……" — Theodore Roosevelt
"Peace is normally a great good, and normally it coincides with righteousness, but it is righteousness and not peace which should bind the conscience of a nation as it should bind the conscience of an individual; and neither a nation nor an individual can surrender conscience to another's keeping."
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Theodore Roosevelt
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531 Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
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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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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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