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Short-sighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if permitted, rob our country of half its charm by their reckless extermination of all useful and beautiful wild things.

Short-sighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if permitted, rob our country of half its charm by their reckless extermination of all useful and beautiful wild things.

Theodore Roosevelt
Beautiful, Country, Men
Theodore Roosevelt (2010). “The Green Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt in Appreciation of Wilderness, Wildlife, and Wild Places”, p.358, Cambria Press

I do not intend that our natural resources shall be exploited by the few against the interests of the many.

Theodore Roosevelt
Environment, Natural, Resources
Theodore Roosevelt (1913). “Progressive Principles: Selections from Addresses Made During the Presidential Campaign of 1912”

I never won anything without hard labor and the exercise of my best judgment.

Theodore Roosevelt
Exercise, Judgment, Labor
Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Bully!”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

Theodore Roosevelt
Peace, War, Kind
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.39, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize that the State, the community, the citizens acting together, can do a number of things better than if they were left to individual action.

Theodore Roosevelt
Strong, Numbers, Common Sense
Citizenship in a Republic - The Man in the Arena, delivered 23 April 1910, Le Sorbonne, University of Paris

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

Theodore Roosevelt
Country, Peace, Humanity
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.79, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

It is an incalculable added pleasure to any one's sum of happiness if he or she grows to know, even slightly and imperfectly, how to read and enjoy the wonder-book of nature.

Theodore Roosevelt
Book, Presidential, Wonder
Theodore Roosevelt (1990). “Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter”, p.339, Stackpole Books

The men of wealth who today are trying to prevent the regulation and control of their business in the interest of the public by the proper government authorities will not succeed, in my judgment, in checking the progress of the movement. But if they did succeed they would find that they had sown the wind and would surely reap the whirlwind, for they would ultimately provoke the violent excesses which accompany a reform coming by convulsion instead of by steady and natural growth.

Theodore Roosevelt
Business, Men, Wind
The Man with the Muck-rake, delivered 14 April 1906

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare.

Theodore Roosevelt
War, Sacrifice, Men
Theodore Roosevelt (2005). “Fear God and Take Your Own Part”, p.389, Cosimo, Inc.

We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage.

Theodore Roosevelt
Destiny, Faces, Face To Face
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.14, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.

Theodore Roosevelt
Giving, Made, Not Afraid

Nothing is gained by debate on non-debatable subjects.

Theodore Roosevelt
Debate, Subjects
Theodore Roosevelt (2005). “Fear God and Take Your Own Part”, p.75, Cosimo, Inc.

There are always in life countless tendencies for good and for evil, and each succeeding generation sees some of these tendencies strengthened and some weakened; nor is it by any means always, alas! that the tendencies for evil are weakened and those for good strengthened. But during the last few decades there certainly have been some notable changes for good in boy life. The great growth in the love of athletic sports, for instance, while fraught with danger if it becomes one-sided and unhealthy, has beyond all question had an excellent effect in increased manliness.

Theodore Roosevelt
Sports, Mean, Boys
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.73, Courier Corporation

Unless the man is master of his soul all other kinds of mastery amount to little.

Theodore Roosevelt
Men, Soul, Mastery
Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.22, Taylor Trade Publications

Our words must be judged by our deeds; and in striving for a lofty ideal we must use practical methods; and if we cannot attain all at one leap, we must advance towards it step by step, reasonably content so long as we do actually make some progress in the right direction.

Theodore Roosevelt
Long, Progress, Our Words
Nobel Lecture, delivered 5 May 2010, Oslo, Norway

The one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight... It should be the growing nation with a future which takes the long look ahead.

Theodore Roosevelt
Long, Essentials, Looks
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.73, Cornell University Press

My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff.

Theodore Roosevelt
Fighting, Competition, Hats
Newspaper interview, 21 Feb. 1912

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.

Theodore Roosevelt
Freedom, Mean, Past

Burning fossil fuels is like breaking up the furniture to feed the fireplace because it's easier than going out to the woodpile.

Theodore Roosevelt
Going Out, Burning, Fuel

The light has gone out of my life.

Theodore Roosevelt
Sympathy, Condolences, Loss
Theodore Roosevelt (2014). “Forgotten Tales and Vanished Trails”, p.16, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Theodore Roosevelt
Missing You, Distance, World Suffering

The need for collecting large campaign funds would vanish if Congress provided an appropriation for the proper and legitimate expenses of each of the great national parties, an appropriation ample enough to meet the necessity for thorough organization and machinery, which requires a large expenditure of money. Then the stipulation should be made that no party receiving campaign funds from the Treasury should accept more than a fixed amount from any individual subscriber or donor; and the necessary publicity for receipts and expenditures could without difficulty be provided.

Theodore Roosevelt
Party, Organization, Receiving
Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge (2017). “THEODORE ROOSEVELT - Ultimate Collection: Memoirs, History Books, Biographies, Essays, Speeches &Executive Orders: America and the World War, The Ancient Irish Sagas, The Naval War of 1812, Hero Tales From American History, Winning of the West, Through the Brazilian Wilderness, History as Literature...”, p.3451, Madison & Adams Press

The man who does not think it was America's duty to fight for her own sake in view of the infamous conduct of Germany toward us stands on a level with a man who wouldn't think it necessary to fight in a private quarrel because his wife's face was slapped.

Theodore Roosevelt
Fighting, Men, Thinking
Theodore Roosevelt, Eugene Thwing (1919). “Newer Roosevelt messages: speeches, letters and magazine articles dealing with the war, before and after, and other vital topics”

One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called ''weasel words.'' When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a ''weasel word'' after another there is nothing left of the other.

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

Leave it as it is. You can not improve on it. You can only mar it. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it. What you can do is keep it for your children, your children's children and for all who come after you.

Theodore Roosevelt
Children, Men, Age
Theodore Roosevelt (2010). “The Green Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt in Appreciation of Wilderness, Wildlife, and Wild Places”, p.291, Cambria Press