Theodore Roosevelt Quotes, Righteousness Quotes

If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.

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A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

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Rattlesnakes are only too plentiful everywhere; along the river bottoms, in the broken, hilly ground, and on the prairies and the great desert wastes alike...If it can it will get out of the way, and only coils up in its attitude of defence when it believes that it is actually menaced.

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The one being abhorrent to the powers above the earth and under them is the hyphenated American

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To have acted otherwise ... would have been the betrayal of the interests of the United States.

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A true forest is not merely a storehouse full of wood, but, as it were, a factory of wood.

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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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We [must] hold the just balance and set ourselves as resolutely against improper corporate influence on the one hand as against demagogy and mob rule on the other.

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The name Roosevelt has this legendary force in our country at this time.

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To divide along the lines of section or caste or creed is un-American.

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The good citizen will demand liberty for himself, and as a matter of pride he will see to it that others receive the liberty which he thus claims as his own. Probably the best test of true love of liberty in any country is the way in which minorities are treated in that country. Not only should there be complete liberty in matters of religion and opinion, but complete liberty for each man to lead his life as he desires, provided only that in so doing he does not wrong his neighbor.

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The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.

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We have room but for one Language here and that is the English Language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans of American nationality and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house.

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There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a Democrat like myself must admit this.

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When liberty becomes license, some form of one-man power is not far distant.

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In every community there are little knots of fantastic extremists who loudly proclaim that they are striving for righteousness, and who, in reality, do their feeble best for unrighteousness. Just as the upright politician should hold in peculiar scorn the man who makes the name of politician a reproach and a shame, so the genuine reformer should realize that the cause he champions is especially jeopardized by the mock reformer who does what he can to make reform a laughingstock among decent men.

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I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

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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.

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A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.

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From its origin to the present hour, in all its vicissitudes, Masonry has been the steady unwearing friend of man.

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