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Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of a plutocracy.
Theodore Roosevelt : An Autobiography (1913)
Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.
The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian.
There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country.
A revolution is sometimes necessary, but if revolutions become habitual the country in which they take place is going down-hill.
The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses (1910)
I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
I want to see you shoot the way you shout.
A healthy republican government must rest upon individuals, not upon classes or sections.
A Square Deal (1903)
I suppose my critics will call that preaching, but I have got such a bully pulpit!
Bully Pulpit (1909)
Death is always and under all circumstances a tragedy, for if it is not, then it means that life itself has become one.
After the war, and until the day of his death, his position on almost every public question was either mischievous or ridiculous, and usually both.
We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord.
This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fails. We put him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a threat to this country.
The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value.
Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly.
Theodore Roosevelt — An Autobiography (1913)
We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill.
The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses (1900)
The life that is worth living, and the only life that is worth living, is the life of effort, the life of effort to attain what is worth striving for.
Address at the Prize Day Exercises at Groton School (1904)
There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains.
The New Nationalism (1910)
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Theodore Roosevelt — An Autobiography (1913)
Our nation, glorious in youth and strength, looks into the future with eager eyes and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.