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
mind needs resources
All the resources we need are in the mind.
immature age elements
We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time and energy to industrial occupations. The monetary equivalent of a living wage varies according to local conditions, but must include enough to secure the elements of a normal standard of living-a standard high enough to make morality possible, to provide for education and recreation, to care for immature members of the family, to maintain the family during periods of sickness, and to permit of reasonable saving for old age.
peace war freedom-of-speech
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.
patriotic equality men
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.
adversity choices rust
We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out.
history choices given
If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
bible christian education
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
success character men
The chief factor in any man's success or failure must be his own character.
work day-jobs labor-day
Work hard at work worth doing.
corporations needs speak
The great corporations which we have grown to speak of rather loosely as trusts are the creatures of the State, and the State not only has the right to control them, but it is duty bound to control them wherever the need of such control is shown.
work play advice
When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
praise scoundrels given
There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel.
patriotic men asking-permission
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.
office people president
No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.