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Wisdom from Our 26th President – March 19, 2024
“Good laws can do much. Good administration of the laws can do much. We must have both.”
Speech in Redlands, California, May 7, 1903
Wisdom from Our 26th President – March 12, 2024
“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
Wisdom from Our 26th President – March 5, 2024
“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
Wisdom from Our 26th President – February 27, 2024
“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
Wisdom from Our 26th President – February 20, 2024
“…a policy of words unbacked by deeds is considerably worse than useless.”
A Letter to J.W. Jenke, March 15, 1915
Wisdom from Our 26th President – February 13, 2024
“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
Wisdom from Our 26th President – February 6, 2024
“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
Wisdom from Our 26th President – January 30, 2024
“Nothing but the truth should be spoken about [the President] or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else.”
The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918
Wisdom from Our 26th President – January 23, 2024
“I have a very strong feeling that it is a President’s duty to get on with Congress if he possibly can, and that it is a reflection upon him if he and Congress come to a complete break.”
A Letter to His Son Theodore, January 31, 1909
Wisdom from Our 26th President – January 16, 2024
“Alike for the nation and the individual, the one indispensable requisite is character.”
Outlook, March 31, 1900