1,051 Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.

In a crisis, the man worth his salt is the man who meets the needs of the situation in whatever way is necessary.

No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us.

It is by no means necessary that a great nation should always stand at the heroic level. But no nation has the root of greatness in it unless in time of need it can rise to the heroic mood.

I do not in the least object to a sport because it is rough.

To permit every lawless capitalist, every law-defying corporation, to take any action, no matter how iniquitous, in the effort to secure an improper profit and to build up privilege, would be ruinous to the Republic and would mark the abandonment of the effort to secure in the industrial world the spirit of democratic fair dealing.

Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so.

Make preparations in advance ... you never have trouble if you are prepared for it.

When liberty becomes license, some form of one-man power is not far distant.