1,051 Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world... The first step – in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come – is to teach men to shoot!

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of Decency.

No man in public position can, under penalty of forfeiting the right to the respect of those whose regard he most values, fail as the opportunity comes to do all that in him lies for peace.

TO EDUCATE A PERSON IN THE MIND BUT NOT IN MORALS IS TO EDUCATE A MENACE TO SOCIETY

Is it any wonder that I loved my regiment?

Mantén tus ojos en las estrellas, y tus pies en la tierra

Books are the ammunition of life.

Believe that you can and you are halfway there

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.