Teddy Roosevelt

We respect the son of a worthy father if he feels that the fact that his father did well makes it incumbent upon him to strive to do better.

Our main object should be to strive to keep the reign of justice alive in this country.

When I say a square deal I mean a square deal; exactly as much a square deal for the rich man as for the poor man; but no more.

Self-government is not an easy thing.

The thing to do is to find out what is worth doing, and do it.

I do not believe in government ownership of anything which can with propriety be left in private hands.

My fellow citizens:It is indeed a great pleasure to be greeted by you today.

Government supervision is needed quite as much in the interest of the big shipper and of the railroad man who want to do right as in the interest of the small shipper and the consumer.

The worst thing that you can do for a child is to bring him or her up so as to dodge difficulties.

Our voice must be effective for peace because it is raised for righteousness first and for peace only as the handmaiden of righteousness.

The only rivalry that ever entered their heads was rivalry as to which man could show himself best entitled to the praise of having done all that in him lay for our country and our flag.

A man would indeed be but a poor American who could without a thrill witness the way in which, in city after city in the North as in the South, on every public occasion, the men who wore the blue and the men who wore the gray now march and…

We have duties to perform both abroad and at home, and we can not shirk either set of duties and fully retain our self-respect.

When I am through my present trip I will have been in and spoken in every State in the Union during my term as President.

The republic cannot succeed if we do not take pains in educating the masters of the republic—that is, the people.

The wounds left by the great Civil War have long healed, but its memories remain.

Our aim must be to deal justice to each man; no more and no less.

We are no longer New Yorkers or New Englanders, Pennsylvanians or Virginians; we are Americans

More than this no man is entitled to, and less than this no man shall have.

Next only to a man's having worn the blue comes the fact of the man's having worn the gray to entitle him to honor in my sight.

The proud self-sacrifice, the resolute and daring courage, the high and steadfast devotion to the right as each man saw it, whether Northerner or Southerner, these qualities render all Americans forever the debtors of those who in the dark…

I felt what a privilege it is that I, as an American, have in claiming that you yourselves have no more right of kinship in Lee and Jackson than I have.

Self-government is not too easy a thing.

I claim to be neither Northerner nor Southerner, neither Easterner nor Westerner, nothing but a good American, pure and simple.

This Government was formed with as its basic idea the principle of treating each man on his worth as a man.