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“The Americans who stand highest on the list of the world’s worthies are Washington, who fought to found the country which he afterward governed, and Lincoln, who saved it through the blood of the best and bravest of the land.”
Address at the Naval War College
June 1897
“Example is the most potent of all things.”
Oyster Bay, New York
August 16, 1903
“If an individual starts to play football, and expects not to get bumped, he will be sadly disappointed.”
Address at Occidental College
March 22, 1911
“We believe in all our hearts in democracy; in the capacity of the people to govern themselves; and we are bound to succeed, for our success means not only our own triumph, but the triumph of the cause of the rights of the people throughout the world, and the uplifting of the banner of hope for all the nations of mankind.”
Saratoga, New York
September 27, 1910
“Stability of economic policy must always be the prime
economic need of this country.”
– State of the Union, December 2, 1902
“Justice and generosity in a nation, as in an individual, count most when shown not by the weak but by the strong.”
– Inaugural Address, March 4, 1905
“The best lesson that any people can learn is that there is no patent cure-all which will make the body politic perfect, and that any man who is able glibly to answer every question as to how to deal
with the evils of the body politic is at best a foolish
visionary and at worst an evil-minded quack.”
– The Outlook, April 10, 1909
“A man who goes into politics should not expect to
reform everything right off, with a jump.”
– Buffalo, NY, July 26, 1893
“Perhaps there is no more important component of
character than steadfast resolution.”
– The Strenuous Life, 1900
“We always liked snow at Christmas time, and the sleigh-ride
down to the church on Christmas eve.”
– An Autobiography, 1913
“The welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally
upon the welfare of all of us.”
– Address in Syracuse, NY, September 7, 1903
“Legislation to be permanently good for any class must also be good for the Nation as a whole, and legislation which does injustice
to any class is certain to work harm to the Nation.”
– Address in Syracuse, NY, September 7, 1903
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