Political Quotes

Teddy Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. A member of the Republican Party, he was born on October 27, 1858, in New York. Roosevelt was a prominent leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for domestic policies that included trust-busting, regulation of corporations, and conservation of natural resources. His administration is noted for significant reforms and the establishment of national parks and forests.

Quotes by year · 190219122,141 total · peak 1905 (747)
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May 28, 1903

After the farmer has had the farm for his life he should be able to hand it to his children as a better farm than it was when he had it.

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May 28, 1903

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Manti Forest Reserve.

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May 28, 1903

Prosperity does not stop at State lines, and neither does adversity.

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May 28, 1903

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Logan Forest Reserve.

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May 28, 1903

The greatest lesson which the American body politic need take to heart, at the beginning of the twentieth century, is that it is out of the question permanently for our people to progress save on lines that tell for the progression of all.

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May 28, 1903

I am particularly glad to have the chance to speak to you here in this city, in Utah, this morning.

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May 28, 1903

We can go up—as we shall go up—only by each of us keeping in mind not merely his own rights, but his duties to his neighbors.

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May 28, 1903

In accordance with the provisions of section 2253 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and by the authority therein given, it is hereby ordered that the land included within the following boundaries and being a portion of the…

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May 28, 1903

We must play a big part. We can play it badly or play it well—but play it we have got to.

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May 28, 1903

We need cool-headed, sane common sense in dealing with the problems that confront the nation.

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May 28, 1903

I believe in the Monroe Doctrine with all my heart and soul, and I intend to see that it is made good.

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May 28, 1903

Far from agriculture properly exhausting the land, it is always the sign of a vicious system of agriculture if the land is rendered poorer by it.

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May 27, 1903

This government is not and never shall be a government either of a plutocracy or of a mob.

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May 27, 1903

I am glad that they seem to be all right in quality and all right in quantity.

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May 27, 1903

I believe in you, and I want to see the future people like you.

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May 27, 1903

The citizen who counts in the development of the state is the man or woman who makes this his or her home.

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May 27, 1903

I do not have to tell you here that when you get irrigation fairly applied, rain is a poor substitute for it.

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May 27, 1903

No law that the wit of man has even devised can make or ever will make a fool wise, or a coward brave, or a weakling strong.

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May 27, 1903

Much can be done by the aid of the government, by the aid of the State; but, after all, the fundamental thing in bringing success to any community is the quality of the average man, the average woman, in that community.

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May 27, 1903

After all, that is the fundamental principle of our government.

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