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A nation that still needs to distinguish between stealing an election, and stealing a new pair of shoes, is not completely civilized yet.

A nation that still needs to distinguish between stealing an election, and stealing a new pair of shoes, is not completely civilized yet.

Theodore Roosevelt
Shoes, Needs, Pairs

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Theodore Roosevelt
Inspirational, Change, Positive
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.2, Courier Corporation

The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything. Do not be afraid to make mistakes providing you do not make the same one twice.

Theodore Roosevelt
Mistake, Men, Doe

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

Theodore Roosevelt
Life, Work, Successful
Theodore Roosevelt (2006). “America and the World War”, p.260, Cosimo, Inc.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Theodore Roosevelt
Inspirational, Relationship, Leadership
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.75, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.

Theodore Roosevelt
Second Amendment, Speak, Deals
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.78, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law

Theodore Roosevelt
Law, Political, Purpose
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.138, Cornell University Press

Life brings sorrows and joys alike. It is what a man does with them - not what they do to him - that is the true test of his mettle.

Theodore Roosevelt
War, Men, Joy

The mother is the one supreme asset of national life; she is more important by far than the successful statesman, or business man, or artist, or scientist.

Theodore Roosevelt
Mother, Successful, Artist
Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “Works: Presidential addresses and state papers, Dec. 3, 1901, June 1910, and European addresses. 8 v”

The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic -- the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done.

Theodore Roosevelt
Writing, Men, Doe
New York ch. 14 (1891) See Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5; Theodore Roosevelt 18

It is necessary for the welfare of the nation that men's lives be based on the principles of the Bible. No man, educated or uneducated, can afford to be ignorant of the Bible.

Theodore Roosevelt
Bible, Patriotic, Men

Of one man in especial, beyond anyone else, the citizens of a republic should beware, and that is of the man who appeals to them to support him on the ground that he is hostile to other citizens of the republic, that he will secure for those who elect him, in one shape or another, profit at the expense of other citizens of the republic. It makes no difference whether he appeals to class hatred or class interest, to religious or anti-religious prejudice. The man who makes such an appeal should always be presumed to make it for the sake of furthering his own interest.

Theodore Roosevelt
Religious, Men, Class
Citizenship in a Republic - The Man in the Arena, delivered 23 April 1910, Le Sorbonne, University of Paris

Profanity is the parlance of the fool. Why curse when there is such a magnificent language with which to discourse?

Theodore Roosevelt
War, Fool, Language

Any man who tries to excite class hatred, sectional hate, hate of creeds, any kind of hatred in our community, though he may affect to do it in the interest of the class he is addressing, is in the long run with absolute certainly that class's own worst enemy.

Theodore Roosevelt
Life, Running, Hate
Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “The Real Roosevelt: His Forceful and Fearless Utterances on Various Subjects”

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Theodore Roosevelt
Leadership, Presidential, Sticks
Letter to Henry L. Sprague, 26 Jan. 1900

We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.

Theodore Roosevelt
Country, Men, Allegiance
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

No man who is not willing to bear arms and to fight for his rights can give a good reason why he should be entitled to the privilege of living in a free community.

Theodore Roosevelt
Fighting, Men, Rights
Theodore Roosevelt (2005). “Fear God and Take Your Own Part”, p.405, Cosimo, Inc.

Avoid the base hypocrisy of condemning in one man what you pass over in silence when committed by another.

Theodore Roosevelt
Men, Hypocrisy, Silence
Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.109, Taylor Trade Publications

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.

Theodore Roosevelt
Country, Political, Immigration
Speech in New York, 12 October 1915, in 'Works', Memorial edition (1925) vol. 20, p. 457

There should be at least ten times the number of rifles in the country as there are now.

Theodore Roosevelt
Country, Gun, Numbers
Theodore Roosevelt (1923). “Theodore Roosevelt on race, riots, Reds, crime”

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Theodore Roosevelt
Love, Inspirational, Wisdom
Theodore Roosevelt (1954). “Letters: The days of Armageddon, 1909-1914”

The worst lesson that can be taught to a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings

Theodore Roosevelt
Men, Rely Upon, Suffering
Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.115, Taylor Trade Publications

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Theodore Roosevelt
Inspirational, Motivational, Positive
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

The bosses of the Democratic party and the bosses of the Republican party alike have a closer grip than ever before on the party machines in the States and in the Nation. This crooked control of both the old parties by the beneficiaries of political and business privilege renders it hopeless to expect any far-reaching and fundamental service from either.

Theodore Roosevelt
Party, Boss, Political
"Platform Insincerity". The Outlook Magazine, Vol. 101, No. 13, p. 660, July 27, 1912.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

Theodore Roosevelt
Presidential, Guilt, Answers
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.