“The life of the State rests and must ever rest upon the life of the family and the neighborhood.”

The Outlook, April 10, 1909

“We must all realize that conduct is of infinitely greater importance than dogma.”

 Through the Brazilian Wilderness, 1914

“If as a nation we are split into warring camps, if we teach our citizens not to look upon one another as brothers but as enemies divided by the hatred of creed for creed or of those of one race against those of another race, surely we shall fail and our great democratic experiment on this continent will go down in crushing overthrow.”

Speech in New York City
October 12, 1915

“A party fit to govern must have convictions.”

Letter accepting the Republican nomination for President
September 12, 1904

“Obedience to the law is demanded as a right, not asked as a favor.”

Third Annual Address to Congress
December 7, 1903

“We are all of us Americans and nothing else.”

New York Times
September 10, 1917

“There can be no greater misfortune for a free nation than to find itself under incapable leadership when confronted by a great crisis.”

Speech at Cooper Union, New York City
November 3, 1916

“I entirely appreciate loyalty to one’s friends, but loyalty to the cause of justice and honor stands above it.”

Letter to Senator John Mitchell
May 15, 1905

“The forces that tend for evil are great and terrible, but the forces of truth and love and courage and honesty and generosity and sympathy are also stronger than ever before.”

Remarks on Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C., April 15, 1906

“There is not a man of us here who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother.”

Speech in Pasadena, California, May 8, 1903

“States’ rights should be preserved when they mean the people’s rights; but not when they mean the people’s wrongs.”

Speech at Harvard University, February 23, 1907

“We owe it to ourselves as a nation effectively to safeguard ourselves against all likelihood of disaster at the hands of a foreign foe.”

New York Times, November 8, 1914