Theodore Roosevelt

If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.

Theodore Roosevelt

If elected, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more.

Theodore Roosevelt

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

Theodore Roosevelt

If there is not the war, you don’t get the great general if there is not a great occasion, you don’t get a great statesman if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

Theodore Roosevelt

If there is one thing for which we stand in this country, it is for complete religious freedom, and it is an emphatic negation of this right to cross-examine a man on his religion before being willing to support him for office.

Theodore Roosevelt

If we are to be really great people, we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world. We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill.

Theodore Roosevelt

If we put corrupt men in public office and sneeringly acquiesce in their corruptions, then we are wrong ourselves.

Theodore Roosevelt

If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.

Theodore Roosevelt

In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen.

Theodore Roosevelt

In doing your work in the great world, it is a safe plan to follow a rule I once heard on the football field: Don’t flinch, don’t fall; hit the line hard.

Theodore Roosevelt