Theodore Roosevelt

No triumph of peace is quite so great as the supreme triumphs of war.

Theodore Roosevelt

Nothing could be more lonely and nothing more beautiful than the view at nightfall across the prairies to these huge hill masses, when the lengthening shadows had at last merged into one and the faint after-glow of the red sunset filled the west.

Theodore Roosevelt

Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read,’ and my answer is, poetry and novels – including short stories under the head of novels.

Theodore Roosevelt

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

Theodore Roosevelt

Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth.

Theodore Roosevelt

Of all the questions which can come before this nation, short of the actual preservation of its existence in a great war, there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us.

Theodore Roosevelt

Of course, really, those that stayed were entitled to precisely as much honor as those that went.

Theodore Roosevelt

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.

Theodore Roosevelt

One of the prime dangers of civilization has always been its tendency to cause the loss of virile fighting virtues, of the fighting edge. When men get too comfortable and lead too luxurious lives, there is always a danger lest the softness eat like an acid into their manliness of fiber.

Theodore Roosevelt

Only those who live and sleep in the open fully realize the beauty of dawn and moonlight and starlight.

Theodore Roosevelt