1,051 Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

There is but one answer to terrorism and it is best delivered with a Winchester rifle.

The Constitution guarantees protection to property, and we must make that promise good. But it does not give the right of suffrage to any corporation. It is necessary that laws should be passed to prohibit the use of corporate funds directly or indirectly for political purposes; it is still more necessary that such laws should be thoroughly enforced.

Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me then you will steal from me.

There is no effort without error or shortcoming.

Do not get into a fight if you can possibly avoid it. If you get in, see it through. Don't hit if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft. Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep.

the one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight. . . It should be the growing nation with a future which takes the long look ahead.

In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.

Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work must no longer be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits.