Theodore Roosevelt

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

Theodore Roosevelt

We are bound in honor to strive to bring ever nearer the day when, as far is humanly possible, we shall be able to realize the ideal that each man shall have an equal opportunity to show the stuff that is in him by the way in which he renders service.

Theodore Roosevelt

We are not building this country of ours for a day. It is to last through the ages.

Theodore Roosevelt

We can just as little afford to follow the doctrinaires of an extreme individualism as the doctrinaires of an extreme socialism.

Theodore Roosevelt

We can no more and no less afford to condone evil in the man of capital than evil in the man of no capital.

Theodore Roosevelt

We cannot afford merely to sit down and deplore the evils of city life as inevitable, when cities are constantly growing, both absolutely and relatively. We must set ourselves vigorously about the task of improving them; and this task is now well begun.

Theodore Roosevelt

We cannot do great deeds unless we’re willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.

Theodore Roosevelt

We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when anyone engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal.

Theodore Roosevelt

We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.

Theodore Roosevelt

We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.

Theodore Roosevelt