“No democracy can afford to overlook the vital importance of the ethical and spiritual, the truly religious, element in life.”

Through the Brazilian Wilderness
1914

“America can be true to itself, true to the great cause of freedom and justice, only if it shows itself ready and willing to resent wrong from the strong.”

Outlook
April 1, 1911

“No public servant who is worth his salt should hesitate to stand by his conscience.”

Speech in New York City
October 20, 1911

“Diplomacy is utterly useless where there is no force behind it.”

Speech at Naval War College
June 2, 1897

“It is imperative to the welfare of our people that we enlarge and extend our foreign commerce.”

Speech in Chicago
August 6, 1912

“The nation’s most valuable asset are the children, for the children are the nation of the future. ”

Speech at Jamestown Exposition
June 10, 1907

“The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole.”

Open letter in the Kansas City Star
May 7, 1918

“Facility of cheap transportation is an essential in our modern civilization.”

Speech in Memphis
October 4, 1907

“I do not think partisanship should ever obscure the truth.”

Letter to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.
September 14, 1881

“The eternal vigilance which is the price of liberty must be exercised, sometimes to guard against outside foes, although far more often to guard against our own selfish or thoughtless shortcomings.”

Theodore Roosevelt
Fourth Annual Message to Congress
December 6, 1904

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

Theodore Roosevelt
Century Magazine
January 1885

“All American citizens, whether born here or elsewhere, whether of one creed or another, stand on the same footing. We welcome every honest immigrant no matter from what country he comes.”

Theodore Roosevelt
Speech in the Dakota Territory
July 4, 1886