Author: cbanaszak@riponsociety.org

“I feel that in a peculiar degree New York is not representative of the country.” Letter to Anna Roosevelt Cowles October 16, 1902

“Under no form of government is it so necessary thus to combine efficiency and morality, high principle and rough common sense, justice and the sturdiest physical and moral courage, as in a republic.” Inaugural address as the Governor of New York January 2, 1899

“A man must have in him a strong and earnest sense of duty and the desire to accomplish good for the commonwealth, without regard to the effect upon himself, to be useful in Congress.” Harvard Graduates’ Magazine, October 1892

“Our country offers the most wonderful example of democratic government on a giant scale that the world has ever seen; and the peoples of the world are watching to see whether we succeed or fail.” Saratoga, New York September 27, 1910

“Under our form of government, no man can accomplish anything by himself. He must work in combination with others.” Century Magazine January 1885

“The war we wage must be waged against misconduct, against wrongdoing wherever it is found; and we must stand heartily for the rights of every decent man, whether he be a man of great wealth or a man who earns his livelihood as a wage-worker or a tiller of the soil.” Eighth Annual Message to…

“Courtesy among individuals is a good thing, but international courtesy is quite as good a thing.” Before the Periodical Publishers’ Association, Washington, D.C. April 7, 1904