Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth27 October 1858
CountryUnited States of America
loyalty past support
Our loyalty is due entirely to the United States. It is due to the President only and exactly to the degree in which he efficiently serves the United States. It is our duty to support him when he serves the United States well. It is our duty to oppose him when he serves it badly. This is true about Mr. Wilson now and it has been true about all our Presidents in the past. It is our duty at all times to tell the truth about the President and about every one else, save in the cases where to tell the truth at the moment would benefit the public enemy.
responsibility past men
Every man among us is more fit to meet the duties and responsibilities of citizenship because of the perils over which, in the past, the nation has triumphed; because of the blood and sweat and tears, the labor and the anguish, through which, in the days that have gone, our forefathers moved on to triumph.
believe past men
I do not believe that any man can adequately appreciate the world of to-day unless he has some knowledge of -- a little more than a slight knowledge, some feeling for and of -- the history of the world of the past.
cutting exercise past
It is imperative to exercise over big business a control and supervision which is unnecessary as regards small business. All business must be conducted under the law, and all business men, big or little, must act justly. But a wicked big interest is necessarily more dangerous to the community than a wicked little interest. 'Big business' in the past has been responsible for much of the special privilege which must be unsparingly cut out of our national life.
loyalty past men
It is of little use for us to pay lip-loyalty to the mighty men of the past unless we sincerely endeavor to apply to the problems of the present precisely the qualities which in other crises enabled the men of that day to meet those crises.
fall past promise
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.
freedom mean past
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
follow football line principle
In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is:hit the line hard.
best decision moment worst
In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
best chance far hard life man needs offers prize sympathy work worth
No man needs sympathy because he has to work. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
body cause great life man ready risk salt worth
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body - to risk his well-being - to risk his life - in a great cause
american-president wisdom
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
american-president government
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
avoid hit possible softly
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit softly