“Service is the true test by which a man’s worth should be judged.”

Outlook,
March 20, 1909

“Indignation is useless if it exhausts itself in words instead of taking shape in deeds.”

Letter to Samuel T. Dutton
November 24, 1915

“Public welfare depends upon general public prosperity, and the reformer whose reforms interfere with the general prosperity will accomplish little.”

The Outlook,
November 18, 1914

“My fellow-citizens, no people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours.”

Second Inaugural Address,
March 4, 1905

“I thoroughly believe that success – the real success – does not depend upon the position you hold, but upon how you carry yourself in that position.”

University of Cambridge, England,
May 26, 1910

“The only practical politics is honest politics.”

At Trinity Methodist Church, Newburgh, NY,
February 28, 1900

“The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value.”

Speech in Denver, CO,
August 19, 1910

“I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”

Speech in Des Moines, IA,
November 4, 191

“The division between the worthy and the unworthy citizen must be drawn on conduct and character and not wealth or poverty.”

Outlook,
March 25, 1911

“Alike for the nation and the individual, the one indispensable requisite is character.”

Outlook,
March 31, 1900

“No nation ever amounted to anything if it did not have within its soul the power of fealty to a lofty ideal.”

Speech in Berkeley, CA,
1913