Teddy Roosevelt: “We must have a basis of material prosperity before any community…”

On the record

We must have a basis of material prosperity before any community, whether State, municipality, or nation, can develop itself, can rise in any degree.

Said by

Republican · New York

Source

Roosevelt emphasizes the necessity of material prosperity for the development of any community.

More from Teddy Roosevelt

Aug 30, 1910

I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.

Feb 23, 1912

I deeply appreciate your letter, and I realize to the full the heavy responsibility it puts upon me.

Aug 30, 1910

A broken promise is bad enough in private life. It is worse in the field of politics.

Nov 4, 1912

Like all other good citizens, I accept the result with entire good humor and contentment.

Other voices in this conversation

Teddy Roosevelt: “We must have a basis of material prosperity before any community, whether State, municipality, or nation, can develop…”