Theodore Roosevelt

Avoid the base hypocrisy of condemning in one man what you pass over in silence when committed by another.

Theodore Roosevelt

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

Theodore Roosevelt

Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.

Theodore Roosevelt

Books are all very well in their way, and we love them at Sagamore Hill; but children are better than books.

Theodore Roosevelt

Certain rich men, whose lives are evil and corrupt, are the representatives of predatory wealth accumulated by all forms of inequity, from the oppression of wage workers to unfair methods of crushing out competition.

Theodore Roosevelt

Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at the bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law that neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily given for the future.

Theodore Roosevelt

Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.

Theodore Roosevelt

Conservation means development as much as it does protection.

Theodore Roosevelt

Conservation means development as much as it does protection. A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.

Theodore Roosevelt

Conservation of our resources is the fundamental question before this nation, and that our first and greatest task is to set our house in order and begin to live within our means.

Theodore Roosevelt