Theodore Roosevelt

I am rather more apt to read old books than new ones.

Theodore Roosevelt

I am simply unable to understand the value placed by so many people upon great wealth.

Theodore Roosevelt

I believe in corporations. They are indispensable instruments of our modern civilization. But I believe they should be so regulated that they shall act for the interests of the community as a whole.

Theodore Roosevelt

I believe that the next half century will determine if we will advance the cause of Christian civilization or revert to the horrors of brutal paganism.

Theodore Roosevelt

I believe that the officers, and, especially, the directors, of corporations should be held personally responsible when any corporation breaks the law.

Theodore Roosevelt

I believe that there should be a very much heavier progressive tax on very large incomes, a tax which should increase in a very marked fashion for the gigantic incomes.

Theodore Roosevelt

I can never afford to be in arrears with anything that I have to do; I must always be abreast or ahead of my tasks.

Theodore Roosevelt

I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope – the door of opportunity – is to be shut upon any man, no matter how worthy, purely upon the grounds of race or color. Such an attitude would, according to my convictions, be fundamentally wrong.

Theodore Roosevelt

I do not believe there was ever a life more attractive than life on a cattle farm.

Theodore Roosevelt

I do not intend that our natural resources shall be exploited by the few against the interests of the many.

Theodore Roosevelt