1,051 Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.

The mass of the American people are most emphatically not in the deplorable condition of which you speak.

A really great people, proud and high spirited, would face all the disasters of war rather than purchase that base prosperity which is bought at the price of national honor.

I violate no secret when I say that one of the greatest values in Masonry is that it affords an opportunity for men of all walks of life to meet on common ground where all men are equal and have one common interest.

Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.

The stream will not permanently rise higher than the main source; and the main source of national power and national greatness is found in the average citizenship of the nation. Therefore it behooves us to do our best to see that the standard of the average citizen is kept high; and the average cannot be kept high unless the standard of the leaders is very much higher.

Show me a man who makes no mistakes, and I will show you a man who doesn't do things.

The dull, purblind folly of the very rich men, their greed and arrogance, and the corruption in business and politics, have tended to produce a very unhealthy condition.

It is always better to be an original than an imitation.