Theodore Roosevelt Quotes - Page 10

• We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when any one engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Business, Squares, People

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.59, Cornell University Press

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• There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Responsibility, America, Moral

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.84, Cornell University Press

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• We face the future with our past and our present as guarantors of our promises; and we are content to stand or to fall by the record which we have made and are making.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Fall, Past, Promise

  Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “Works: Presidential addresses and state papers, Dec. 3, 1901, June 1910, and European addresses. 8 v”

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• What such a man needs is not courage but nerve control, cool headedness. This he can get only by practice.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Adversity, Men, Practice

  Theodore Roosevelt (1899). “The Rough Riders: An Autobiography”, p.286, Library of America

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• For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Fighting, Flavor, Sucker Punch

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.44, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• A good shot must necessarily be a good man since the essence of good marksmanship is self-control and self-control is the essential quality of a good man.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Self, Essence

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• I believe that there should be a very much heavier progressive tax on very large incomes, a tax which should increase in a very marked fashion for the gigantic incomes.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Fashion, Believe, Income

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• The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Leadership, Boss, Outstanding Leaders

  Theodore Roosevelt (1926). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt”

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• Our words must be judged by our deeds; and in striving for a lofty ideal we must use practical methods; and if we cannot attain all at one leap, we must advance towards it step by step, reasonably content so long as we do actually make some progress in the right direction.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Long, Progress, Our Words

  Nobel Lecture, delivered 5 May 2010, Oslo, Norway

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• At the risk of repetition let me say again that my plea is not for immunity to, but for the most unsparing exposure of, the politician who betrays his trust, of the big business man who makes or spends his fortune in illegitimate or corrupt ways. There should be a resolute effort to hunt every such man out of the position he has disgraced. Expose the crime, and hunt down the criminal; but remember that even in the case of crime, if it is attacked in sensational, lurid, and untruthful fashion, the attack may do more damage to the public mind than the crime itself.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Fashion, Business, Men

  The Man with the Muck-rake, delivered 14 April 1906

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• No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a family of small children; for upon her time and strength demands are made not only every hour of the day but often every hour of the night.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Mom, Children, Night

  Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “Works”

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• There is no effort without error or shortcoming.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Errors, Effort, Daring Greatly

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• There is nothing more distressing ... than the hard, scoffing spirit which treats the allegation of dishonesty in a public man as a cause for laughter. Such laughter is worse than the crackling of thorns under a pot, for it denotes not merely the vacant mind, but the heart in which high emotions have been choked before they could grow to fruition.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Laughter, Heart, Men

  The Man with the Muck-rake, delivered 14 April 1906

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• The wise and honorable and Christian thing to do is to treat each black man and each white man (or any person) on his merits as a man, giving him no more and no less than he is worthy to have.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Christian, Wise, War

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• Performance should be made square with promise.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Squares, Promise, Made

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• Envy is as evil a thing as arrogance.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Evil, Envy, Arrogance

  Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.45, Taylor Trade Publications

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• One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words."

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Presidential, Use, Tendencies

  Speech, St. Louis, Mo., 31 May 1916. The Oxford English Dictionary documents usage of the term weasel word as early as 1900.

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• The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Real, Book, Presidential

  Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

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• 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 of the effectiveness of outdoor life and recreation in the production of good citizenship.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Effectiveness, National Parks, Administration

  Theodore Roosevelt (2010). “The Green Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt in Appreciation of Wilderness, Wildlife, and Wild Places”, p.300, Cambria Press

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• No man can be a good citizen unless he has a wage more than sufficient to cover the bare cost of living, and hours of labor short enough so after his day's work is done he will have time and energy to bear his share in the management of the community, to help in carrying the general load.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Cost Of Living, Community

  Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge (2017). “The Complete Works of Theodore Roosevelt”, p.3157, Madison & Adams Press

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• Nothing should be permitted to stand in the way of the preservation of the forests, and it is criminal to permit individuals to purchase a little gain for themselves through the destruction of forests when this destruction is fatal to the well-being of the whole country in the future.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Country, Criminals, Littles

  Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “Presidential addresses and state papers”

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• Let individuals contribute as they desire; but let us prohibit in effective fashion all corporations from making contributions for any political purpose, directly or indirectly.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Fashion, Political, Desire

  Sixth Annual Message to Congress, 3 Dec. 1906

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• In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world. I want to ask you to keep this great wonder of nature as it now is. I hope you will not have a building of any kind, not a summer cottage, a hotel or anything else, to mar the wonderful grandeur, the sublimity, the great loneliness and beauty of the canyon. Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Summer, Loneliness, Men

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• A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Military, War, Navy

  Theodore Roosevelt (1916). “Fear God and Take Your Own Part”, New York : George H. Doran

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• Anything that encourages pauperism, anything that relaxes the manly fiber and lowers self-respect, is an unmixed evil.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Self, Evil, Relax

  Theodore Roosevelt (1901). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”

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