Theodore Roosevelt Quotes, Powerful Quotes, Character Quotes

No man can lead a public career really worth leading, no man can act with rugged independence in serious crises, nor strike at great abuses, nor afford to make powerful and unscrupulous foes, if he is himself vulnerable in his private character.

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We want men who will fix their eyes on the stars, but who will not forget that their feet must walk on the ground.

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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

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The Constitution was made for the people and not the people for the Constitution.

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Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.

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The great corporations which we have grown to speak of rather loosely as trusts are the creatures of the State, and the State not only has the right to control them, but it is duty bound to control them wherever the need of such control is shown.

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The plea of good intentions is not one that can be allowed to have much weight in passing historical judgment upon a man whose wrong-headedness and distorted way of looking at things produced, or helped to produce, such incalculable evil; there is a wide political applicability in the remark attributed to a famous Texan, to the effect that he might, in the end, pardon a man who shot him on purpose, but that he would surely never forgive one who did so accidentally.

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You, the sons of the pioneers, if you are true to your ancestry, must make your lives as worthy as they made theirs. They sought for true success, and therefore they did not seek ease. They knew that success comes only to those who lead the life of endeavor

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If a man has a very decided character, has a strongly accentuated career, it is normally the case of course that he makes ardent friends and bitter enemies.

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I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.

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All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law

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The function of our Government is to insure to all its citizens, now and hereafter, their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If we of this generation destroy the resources from which our children would otherwise derive their livelihood, we reduce the capacity of our land to support a population, and so either degrade the standard of living or deprive the coming generations of their fight to life on this continent.

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When the time of danger comes, all Americans, whatever their social standing, whatever their creed, whatever the training they have received, no matter from what section of the country they have come, stand together as men, as Americans, and are content to face the same fate and do the same duties because fundamentally they all alike have the common purpose to serve the glorious flag of their common country.

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I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender.

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Much of the discussion about socialism and individualism is entirely pointless, because of failure to agree on terminology.

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The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

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Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

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Don't limit your challenges - challenge your limits. Don't spread patriotism too thin.

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The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.

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