"The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value; and behaves badly if it leaves the land poore..."
"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."
"noteworthy in its essential democracy. One of the best bits of national achievement which our people have to their credit."
"It is not the critic who counts, nor how the man points out how the strong man stumbles."
"The function of our Government is to insure to all its citizens, now and hereafter, their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
"natural resources must be used for the benefit of all our people, and not monopolized for the benefit of a few."
"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards."
"speak softly and carry a big stick."
"At any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worse thing you can do is nothing."
"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace."