1,051 Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.