Teddy Roosevelt

In any regiment the man who has no loyalty to his fellows, no spirit of devotion to the flag, no desire to see the regiment stand high, to do his duty and see his fellows rise with him, that man, no matter how brave, or how able, is a…

Ours is a government of equal rights under the law, guaranteeing those rights to each man so long as he in his turn refrains from wronging his brother.

Every college should strive to bring to development among the students the capacity to do good original work.

I believe in you. I believe in your future. I believe in our future.

You have done this great work of building up a new community.

Character has two sides.

We are living right in the middle of them now, only we are living under pleasanter auspices.

The thing that has impressed me most is that I am speaking to Americans just as I speak in any other section of the country!

It is, of course, the merest truism to say that important though it is to develop factories, railroads, farms, commerce, the thing that counts is the development of citizenship.

I cannot say how I have appreciated being here in your beautiful State and your beautiful city.

To think of the well-nigh incredible fact that all of this that I have been looking at—the city, the development of the country—that it has all occurred within twenty years.

I always envy you men of the Grand Army because you do not have to preach; you practiced.

I believe in the Monroe doctrine, and I believe in it not as an empty formula of words, but as something we are ready to make good by deeds.

I believe in doing all we can to avoid a quarrel, to avoid trouble.

We can solve aright all the difficult problems that come up because of and through our modern civilization.

If he lies down you cannot carry him.

I wish to say how glad I am to see you.

I am glad to be welcomed by all of you, but most of all by the men of the Grand Army, and after them by my own comrades of the National Guard.

I earnestly wish that I could have many another community learn from you how you have handled your business.

Forestry, irrigation, all the efforts of the nation and the State governments, all the efforts of individuals and of local associations are to be bent to the object of building up the interests of the home-maker.

I wish to congratulate the men and women of this city upon the children.

I like your stock and I am glad it is not dying out.

You seem to be all right in quality and in quantity.

I believe in the future of this country because I believe in the men and women whom we are developing in the country.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.