Theodore Roosevelt Quotes About Righteousness

Quotes about: Righteousness

• With a great moral issue involved, neutrality does not serve righteousness; for to be neutral between right and wrong is to serve wrong.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Issues, Doe, Neutrality

  Theodore Roosevelt (1954). “1914-1919”

• If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  History, Choices, Given

• No nation can be really great unless it is great in peace, in industry, integrity, honesty. Skilled intelligence in civic affairs and industrial enterprises alike; the special ability of the artist, the man of letters, the man of science, and the man of business; the rigid determination to wrong no man, and to stand for righteousness-all these are necessary in a great nation.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Determination, Honesty, Integrity

  Theodore Roosevelt (1897). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: American ideals. Administration-Civil service”

• We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Peace, Thinking, Justice

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.95, Cornell University Press

• If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Righteousness, Ifs

• In every community there are little knots of fantastic extremists who loudly proclaim that they are striving for righteousness, and who, in reality, do their feeble best for unrighteousness. Just as the upright politician should hold in peculiar scorn the man who makes the name of politician a reproach and a shame, so the genuine reformer should realize that the cause he champions is especially jeopardized by the mock reformer who does what he can to make reform a laughingstock among decent men.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Reality, Men, Names

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.22, Courier Corporation

• The weakling and the coward cannot be saved by honesty alone; but without honesty the brave and able man is merely a civic wild beast who should be hunted down by every lover of righteousness. No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Honesty, Men, Community

  "The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses" by Theodore Roosevelt. "The Eighth and Ninth Commandments in Politics", 1910.

• 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.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Peace, Surrender, Individual

  Theodore Roosevelt (2005). “Fear God and Take Your Own Part”, p.389, Cosimo, Inc.

• Love of peace is common among weak, short-sighted, timid, and lazy persons; and on the other hand courage is found among many men of evil temper and bad character. Neither quality shall by itself avail. Justice among the nations of mankind, and the uplifting of humanity, can be brought about only by those strong and daring men who with wisdom love peace, but who love righteousness more than peace.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Love, Uplifting, Strong

  Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Bully!”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

• Every expansion of civilization makes for peace. In other words, every expansion of a great civilized power means a victory for law, order, and righteousness. ...It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Mean, Law, Civilization

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