“No man is a good citizen unless he so acts as to show that he actually uses the Ten Commandments, and translates the Golden Rule into his life conduct.”

Boy Scouts of America Handbook
1911

“Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character; … not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.”

Washington, DC
November 25, 1908

“Our loyalty is due entirely to the United States. It is due to the President only and exactly to the degree in which he efficiently serves the United States. It is our duty to support him when he serves the United States well. It is our duty to oppose him when he serves it badly.”

Kansas City Star
April 6, 1918

“All for each, and each for all, is a good motto, but only on condition that each works with might and main to so maintain himself as not to be a burden to others.”

An Autobiography
1913

“We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the causes of disaster.”

Chicago, Illinois
April 10, 1899

“Self-governing free men must have the power to accept necessary compromises, to make necessary concessions, each sacrificing somewhat of prejudice, even of principle, and every group must show the necessary subordination of its particular interest of the community as a whole.”

Oliver Cromwell
1900

“I have a 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.”

Letter to Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
January 31, 1909

“If we fail, the cause of free self-government throughout the world will rock to its foundations.”

Inaugural address
March 4, 1905

“Three-o’clock-in-the-morning courage is the most desirable kind.”

An Autobiography
1913