Theodore Roosevelt Quotes - Page 8

• The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Military, Citizens, Weight

  Speech, New York, N.Y., 11 Nov. 1902

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• 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

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• It may be that 'the voice of the people is the voice of God' in fifty one cases out of a hundred, but in the remaining forty nine it is quite as likely to be the voice of the devil, of, what is still worse, the voice of a fool.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Voice, People, Devil

  Theodore Roosevelt (1951). “Letters, Selected and Edited by Elting E. Morison”

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• To permit every lawless capitalist, every law-defying corporation, to take any action, no matter how iniquitous, in the effort to secure an improper profit and to build up privilege, would be ruinous to the Republic and would mark the abandonment of the effort to secure in the industrial world the spirit of democratic fair dealing.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Law, Effort, Would Be

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

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• Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Political, Wealth, Attractive

  Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.130, Taylor Trade Publications

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• I do not dislike but I certainly have no especial respect or admiration for and no trust in, the typical big moneyed men of my country. I do not regard them as furnishing sound opinion as respects either foreign or domestic business.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Country, Business, Men

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• Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Political, Politics, Action

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.36, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• We have room in this country for but one flag, the Stars and Stripes!

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Country, Stars, Military

  Theodore Roosevelt (1925). “The foes of our own household; The great adventure; Letters to his children”

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• We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Marine, America, Usa

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• We wish to control big business so as to secure among other things good wages for the wage-workers and reasonable prices for the consumers. Wherever in any business the prosperity of the business man is obtained by lowering the wages of his workmen and charging an excessive price to the consumers we wish to interfere and stop such practices. We will not submit to that kind of prosperity any more than we will submit to prosperity obtained by swindling investors or getting unfair advantages over business rivals.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Practice, Wish

  Address by Theodore Roosevelt Before The Convention Of The National Progressive Party in Chicago, www.ssa.gov. August 1912.

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• When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Life, Motivational, Success

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time and energy to industrial occupations. The monetary equivalent of a living wage varies according to local conditions, but must include enough to secure the elements of a normal standard of living-a standard high enough to make morality possible, to provide for education and recreation, to care for immature members of the family, to maintain the family during periods of sickness, and to permit of reasonable saving for old age.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Immature, Age, Normal

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• A party should not contain utterly incongruous elements, radically divided on the real issues, and acting together only on false and dead issues insincerely painted as real and vital. It should not in the several States as well as in the Nation be prostituted to the service of the baser type of political boss. It should be so composed that there should be a reasonable agreement in the actions taken by it both in the Nation and in the several States. Judged by these standards, both of the old parties break down.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Real, Party, Taken

  "Platform Insincerity". The Outlook Magazine, Vol. 101, No. 13, p. 660, July 27, 1912.

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• The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred with dust and sweat; who strives valiantly; who errs and may fall again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Fall, Men, Errors

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• Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Presidential, Political, Reform

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• I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Giving, Made, Not Afraid

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• We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Destiny, Faces, Face To Face

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.14, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• He [Lincoln] had mastered it {the Bible] absolutely...mastered it so that he became almost 'a man of one Book', who knew that Book and who instinctively put into practice what he had been taught therein.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Book, Men, Practice

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• There is a delight in the hardy life of the open.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Life, History, Delight

  Theodore Roosevelt, H. W. Brands (2001). “African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-naturalist”, p.21, Rowman & Littlefield

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• The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Wisdom, Children, Names

  Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.24, Taylor Trade Publications

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• When I hear of the destruction of a species, I feel just as if all the works of some great writer have perished.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Animal, Feels Just, Conservation

  Theodore Roosevelt (2010). “The Green Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt in Appreciation of Wilderness, Wildlife, and Wild Places”, p.24, Cambria Press

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• Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Justice, Affair, One Love

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• When we undertake the impossible, we often fail to do anything at all.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Impossible, Failing

  Theodore Roosevelt (2009). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.146, Courier Corporation

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• The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Habitat, Wildlife, Speak

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• The worst thing I can do is nothing.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Action, Worst, Can Do

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