Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth27 October 1858
CountryUnited States of America
Theodore Roosevelt quotes about
presidential bulls moose
I feel as fit as a bull moose.
presidential use tendencies
One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words."
white bully presidential
The White House is a bully pulpit.
massage speak speak-softly
Speak softly, I'm getting my massage
teamwork strong army
Personally I have never been able to understand why the head of a big business, whether it be the Nation, the State or the Army, or Navy should not desire to have very strong and positive people under him.
equality way ruins
The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin ... would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.
president worthy enjoyed
Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those shown themselves worthy of it.
liars lying men
'Liar' is just as ugly a word as 'thief,' because it implies the presence of just as ugly a sin in one case as in the other. If a man lies under oath or procures the lie of another under oath, if he perjures himself or suborns perjury, he is guilty under the statute law.
baseball father boys
I like to see Quentin (Roosevelt) practicing baseball. It gives me hope that one of my boys will not take after his father in this respect, and will prove able to play the national game.
quality individual possession
The chase is among the best of all national pastimes; it cultivates that vigorous manliness for the lack of which in a nation, as in an individual, the possession of no other qualities can possibly atone.
lonely men sea
Nowhere, not at sea, does a man feel more lonely than when riding over the far-reaching, seemingly never-ending plains...
history wickedness levels
The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of impartiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the same level.
mistake men thinking
It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he is morally stronger, but that he is intellectually weaker. He is not more virtuous. He is simply more foolish.
perseverance soul victory
There are some timid souls that will never know victory nor defeat.