Teddy Roosevelt

This republic is not, and never shall, be the government of a plutocracy.

If he is a straight man we should be for him, and if he is a crooked man we should be against him.

The work can be done, is being done, and will be done.

If we treat the mighty heroes of the past merely as excuses for sitting lazily down in the present, or for standing aside from the rough work of the world, then these memories will prove a curse instead of a blessing.

We are knit together by the bond of our common interests in the future.

We do not wish another foot of territory; and I think our conduct toward Cuba is a guaranty that this is our genuine attitude toward all our sister republics.

This government is not, and never shall be, the government of a mob.

The corporation is the creature of the state.

Presidents may come and Presidents may go, but Uncle Remus stays, put.

The fearless condemnation of what is wrong; the standing up for what is decent, for what is straight.

I want to say that one of the great reasons why I like what he has written is because after reading it I rise up with the purpose of being a better man.

We can not afford in this country to draw the distinction as between rich man and poor man.

I rise up with the purpose of being a better man.

Now, I do not wish to be misunderstood.

Above all we should treat with a peculiarly contemptuous abhorrence the man who in a spirit of sheer cynicism debauches either our business life or our political life.

There is nothing that the islands need more than to have their great natural resources developed.

Experience has shown that the present laws are defective and need amendment.

The man who fails to be honest and brave both in his political franchise and in his private business contributes to political and social anarchy.

The valor shown alike by the men of the North and the men of the South as they battled for the right as God gave them to see the right, is now part of what we, all of us, keep with pride.

I realize to the full, as does every good citizen, that there must be a foundation of material prosperity upon which to build the welfare of State or nation.

We despise the boy who treats the fact that his father counted for something as being an excuse for his counting for nothing.

I am glad to say that going through your State the children seem to be all right in quality and quantity, and I congratulate you on them.

The preservation of the forests is vital to the welfare of every country.

We can not afford to wait longer before assuming control, in the interest of the public, of these forests.

The man who would teach either wage worker or capitalist that the other is his foe is a bad citizen and a faithless American.