Theodore Roosevelt Quotes, Character Quotes, Birth Place Quotes

Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.

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We here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.

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A healthy state can exist only when the men and women who make it up lead clean, vigorous, healthy lives; when the children are so trained that they shall endeavor, not to shirk difficulties, but to overcome them; not to seek ease, but to know how to wrest triumph from toil and risk.

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Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shrink neither.

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Never, never, you must never either of you remind a man at work on a political job that he may be President.

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All for each, and each for all, is a good motto; but only on condition that each works with might and main to so maintain himself as not to be a burden to others.

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Cowardice in a race, as in an individual, is the unpardonable sin.

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We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord.

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Such an experiment without actual conditions of war to support it is a foolish waste of time. . . . I once saw a man kill a lion with a 30-30 caliber rifle under certain conditions, but that doesn't mean that a 30-30 rifle is a lion gun.

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The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies of minorities.

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The eighth commandment reads, "Thou shalt not steal." It does not read, "Thou shalt not steal from the rich man." It does not read, "Thou shalt not steal from the poor man." It reads simply and plainly, "Thou shalt not steal."

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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

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The duties are even more important than the rights; and in the long run I think that the reward is ampler and greater for duty well done, than for the insistence upon individual rights.

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Is America a weakling, to shrink from the work of the great world powers? No! The young giant of the West stands on a continent and clasps the crest of an ocean in either hand. Our nation, glorious in youth and strength, looks into the future with eager eyes and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.

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Life is a great adventure…accept it in such a spirit.

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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.

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I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding

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Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

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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.

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There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel.

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