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The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

Theodore Roosevelt
Politics, Kind, Individualism
Theodore Roosevelt (1951). “The Square Deal, 1901-1905”

From the greatest to the smallest, happiness and usefulness are largely found in the same soul, and the joy of life is won in its deepest and truest sense only by those who have not shirked life's burdens.

Theodore Roosevelt
Happiness, Joy, Soul
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.96, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.

Theodore Roosevelt
Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Grateful
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 2 (of 2) of Supplemental Volume: Theodore Roosevelt, Supplement”, p.91, tredition

I hold that in this country there must be complete severance of Church and State; that public moneys shall not be used for the purpose of advancing any particular creed; and therefore that the public schools shall be nonsectarian and no public moneys appropriated for sectarian schools.

Theodore Roosevelt
Country, School, Presidential
Theodore Roosevelt (2005). “Fear God and Take Your Own Part”, p.361, Cosimo, Inc.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

Theodore Roosevelt
Inspirational, Inspiring, Moving On
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

There is no effort without error or shortcoming.

Theodore Roosevelt
Errors, Effort, Daring Greatly

Envy is as evil a thing as arrogance.

Theodore Roosevelt
Evil, Envy, Arrogance
Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.45, Taylor Trade Publications

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.

Theodore Roosevelt
Heart, Thinking, Political
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.36, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

An Airedale can do anything any other dog can do and then whip the other dog if he has to.

Theodore Roosevelt
Dog, Can Do, Ifs

Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking.

Theodore Roosevelt
Power, Humanity, Purpose
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.78, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Performance should be made square with promise.

Theodore Roosevelt
Squares, Promise, Made

There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a benefactor every writer or speaker, every man who, on the platform, or in book, magazine or newspaper, with merciless severity makes such attack, provided always that he in his turn remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful.

Theodore Roosevelt
Book, Men, Practice
The Man with the Muck-rake, delivered 14 April 1906

A good shot must necessarily be a good man since the essence of good marksmanship is self-control and self-control is the essential quality of a good man.

Theodore Roosevelt
Men, Self, Essence

One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words."

Theodore Roosevelt
Presidential, Use, Tendencies
Speech, St. Louis, Mo., 31 May 1916. The Oxford English Dictionary documents usage of the term weasel word as early as 1900.

To sit home, read one's favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men's doing.

Theodore Roosevelt
Home, Men, Evil
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.77, Cornell University Press

If we seek merely swollen, slothful ease and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at the hazard of their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear, then bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by, and will win for themselves the domination of the world.

Theodore Roosevelt
Life, Peace, Winning
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.7, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.

Theodore Roosevelt
Wisdom, Courage, Work
Theodore Roosevelt (1901). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The strenuous life”

The American people are slow to wrath, but when their wrath is once kindled it burns like a consuming flame.

Theodore Roosevelt
Wrath, Flames, People
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 2 (of 2) of Supplemental Volume: Theodore Roosevelt, Supplement”, p.18, tredition

The man who holds that every human right is secondary to his profit must now give way to the advocate of human welfare.

Theodore Roosevelt
Men, Giving, Way
Speech, Osawatomie, Kan., 31 Aug. 1910

Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.

Theodore Roosevelt
Team, Leader, Mind

Anything that encourages pauperism, anything that relaxes the manly fiber and lowers self-respect, is an unmixed evil.

Theodore Roosevelt
Self, Evil, Relax
Theodore Roosevelt (1901). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”

Let individuals contribute as they desire; but let us prohibit in effective fashion all corporations from making contributions for any political purpose, directly or indirectly.

Theodore Roosevelt
Fashion, Political, Desire
Sixth Annual Message to Congress, 3 Dec. 1906

For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know

Theodore Roosevelt
Fighting, Flavor, Sucker Punch
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.44, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

The very reason why we object to state ownership, that it puts a stop to individual initiative and to the healthy development of personal responsibility, is the reason why we object to an unsupervised, unchecked monopolistic control in private hands. We urge control and supervision by the nation as an antidote to the movement for state socialism. Those who advocate total lack of regulation, those who advocate lawlessness in the business world, themselves give the strongest impulse to what I believe would be the deadening movement toward unadulterated state socialism.

Theodore Roosevelt
Wisdom, Believe, Responsibility
Theodore Roosevelt (2006). “History as Literature and Other Essays”, p.187, Cosimo, Inc.

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

Theodore Roosevelt
Mean, Envy, Hatred
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.36, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.