Political Quotes

On the record
We need a greater elasticity in our currency; provided, of course, that we recognize the even greater need of a safe and secure currency.
Said by
Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt advocates for a more flexible currency system while ensuring its safety.

Share

More from Teddy Roosevelt

Mar 1, 1909

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by an Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, 'An Act Making appropriations…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Aug 30, 1910

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Aug 30, 1910

Our country—this great Republic—means nothing unless it means the triumph of a real democracy, the triumph of popular government, and, in the long run, of an economic system under which each man shall be guaranteed the opportunity to show…

presidency.ucsb.edu

Other voices in this conversation