The Quotable Teddy Roosevelt

[Jim Phaserman 0]

Some cool TR quotes from http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/..._roosevelt.html

 

 

 

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

 

 

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

 

 

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

 

 

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

 

 

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

 

 

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

 

 

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

 

 

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

 

 

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.

 

 

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

 

 

In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

 

 

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

 

 

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

 

 

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

 

 

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

 

 

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

 

 

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

 

 

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

 

 

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

 

 

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

 

 

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

 

 

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

 

 

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

 

 

Most of those quotes are probably over a hundred years old by now (The site doesn't give dates), but even the quotes of a century ago can ring true today. "Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. " this has actually been something I believe in, though I usually don't voice it that often. I may have to start doing so more often now, knowing that I have the wieght of President Roosevelt behind me...There are quite a few on there that do apply today. Read through, and there are some that get you thinking about the current battle over the imigration laws. It is unfortunate that we probably won't see another Teddy Roosevelt again, because he, I think, was a Great American.

[Theunicornhunter 2]

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

 

Sounds like we're well on the road to destruction

 

 

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

 

There's an idea worth resurrecting

[youbroughtheryouRiker 2]

Another fave of mine: Life and death are both parts of the same great adventure.

[Krissy Phaserman 0]

Hey, Jim, I know you don't teach political science, but maybe you could tell me how accurate Reagan is on this one?

 

 

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.

 

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

At one point it was probably very accurate. Today, however, there really isn't much difference in how the two main parties govern. Not much difference in the rhetoric either.

Edited May 10, 2006 by Lt. Van Roy

[Krissy Phaserman 0]

Depends on who you listen to within the parties. Seems to me the loudest voices on the left side of the isle are the ones who can only spew hate, not ideas. I'm not saying the right side doesn't have a hater-aid wing to it, but the right seems to keep them in check a bit more than the left.

[Yillara Skye 1]

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

 

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

 

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

 

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

These are some of the quotes I have always liked.

[mj 7]

 

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

 

 

 

I wish there were a little more of this.

[Krissy Phaserman 0]

Self Discipline? It, along with Common Sense, are two things fast dissapearing in this world.

[mj 7]

Self Discipline? It, along with Common Sense, are two things fast dissapearing in this world.

 

 

 

How true, and how unfortunate!