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
american-president determination man mistakes
The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.
moving-forward moving effort
Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort.
survival preparation trouble
Make preparations in advance ... you never have trouble if you are prepared for it.
love dream stars
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
bad-ass gentleman bulls
Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.
radicalism kind conservatism
What I have advocated is not wild radicalism. It is the highest and wisest kind of conservatism.
standards admire well-being
It is a bad thing for a nation to raise and to admire a false standard of success; and there can be no falser standard than that set by the deification of material well-being in and for itself.
punishment favors shields
It is not only highly desirable but necessary that there should be legislation which shall carefully shield the interests of wage-workers, and which shall discriminate in favor of the honest and humane employer by removing the disadvantage under which he stands when compared with unscrupulous competitors who have no conscience and will do right only under fear of punishment.
righteousness ifs
If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.
forward-movement movement fringe
There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement.
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.
sick tea lasts
My experience...convinced me that tea was better than brandy, and during the last six months in Afica I took no brandy, even when sick taking tea instead.
ability capacity damage gulf larger markets oil potential pump seen
The potential for damage is much larger than we've seen in the past, ... The markets are a little spooked about our refining capacity and our ability to pump for oil in the Gulf of Mexico.