“Our country has been populated by pioneers, and therefore it has more energy, more enterprise, more expansive power than any other in the wide world.”

Speech in St. Paul, Minnesota,
September 2, 1901

“We, here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years.”

Speech at Carnegie Hall,
March 20, 1912

“Patriotism is as much a duty in time of war as in time of peace, and it is most of all a duty in any and every great crisis.”

Fear God and Take Your Own Part,
1916

“There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of the problems before us nor fearing to approach these problems with the unbending, unflinching purpose to solve them aright.”

Inaugural Address,
March 4, 1905

“Life is not easy, and least of all is it easy for either the man or the nation that aspires to do great deeds.”

New York City,
February 26, 1903

“Life is not easy, and least of all is it easy for either the man or the nation that aspires to do great deeds.”

New York City,
February 26, 1903

“War is a dreadful thing and unjust war is a crime against humanity.”

Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris,
April 23, 1910

“The performance of duty, and not an indulgence in vapid ease and vapid pleasure, is all that makes life worth while.”

An Autobiography,
1913

“You cannot have honesty in public life unless the average citizen demands honesty in public life.”

Speech in Chicago, IL,
September 8, 1910

“Good weapons are necessary, but if you put the best weapon that can be invented into the hands of a coward, he will be beaten by a brave man with a club.”

Speech in Kansas City, MO,
May 1, 1903

“We cannot do great deeds as a nation unless we are willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.”

Speech in New York City,
May 30, 1899