“Good laws can do much. Good administration of the laws can do much. We must have both.”

Speech in Redlands, California, May 7, 1903

“For my fellow countrymen, you can never afford to forget at one moment that in the long run anything that is of benefit to one part of our republic is of necessity a benefit to all the Republic.”

Speech in Denver, Colorado, May 4, 1903

“I believe in the rule of right and justice at home and between nations. I believe in international justice.”

Speech in Montevideo, Uruguay, November 5, 1913

“My own view has been that if I must choose between taking risks by not doing a thing or by doing it, I will take the risks of doing it.”

Speech in Dallas, Texas, April 5, 1905

“…a policy of words unbacked by deeds is considerably worse than useless.”

A Letter to J.W. Jenke, March 15, 1915

“A nation’s greatness lies in its possibility of achievement in the present, and nothing helps it more than the consciousness of achievement in the past.”

American Ideals, 1897

“Stability of economic policy must always be the prime economic need of this country.”

The Message of the President of the U.S. to Congress

1902