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It is imperative to exercise over big business a control and supervision which is unnecessary as regards small business. All business must be conducted under the law, and all business men, big or little, must act

It is imperative to exercise over big business a control and supervision which is unnecessary as regards small business. All business must be conducted under the law, and all business men, big or little, must act justly. But a wicked big interest is necessarily more dangerous to the community than a wicked little interest. 'Big business' in the past has been responsible for much of the special privilege which must be unsparingly cut out of our national life.

Theodore Roosevelt
Cutting, Exercise, Men
Theodore Roosevelt (1913). “Progressive Principles: Selections from Addresses Made During the Presidential Campaign of 1912”

In foreign affairs we must make up our minds that whether we wish it or not, we are a great people and must play a great part in the world. It is not open to us to choose whether we will play that great part or not.

Theodore Roosevelt
Play, People, Mind
"A Compilation of the Messages and Speeches of Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1905".

What counts in a man or in a nation is not what the man or the nation can do, but what he or it actually does.

Theodore Roosevelt
Wisdom, Men, Politics
Theodore Roosevelt (2006). “History as Literature and Other Essays”, p.197, Cosimo, Inc.

Of all the officers of the Government, those of the Department of Justice should be kept most free from any suspicion of improper action on partisan or factional grounds, so that there shall be gradually a growth, even though a slow growth, in the knowledge that the Federal courts and the representatives of the Federal Department of Justice insist on meting out even-handed justice to all.

Theodore Roosevelt
Government, Justice, Growth
Theodore Roosevelt (1951). “1903-1905”

The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life.

Theodore Roosevelt
Use, Fundamentals, Politics
Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.30, Taylor Trade Publications

We do not admire a man of timid peace.

Theodore Roosevelt
Men, Admire

We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the cause of disaster.

Theodore Roosevelt
Men, Judging, Causes
Theodore Roosevelt (1901). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”

When she (my mother) passed away, I kind of understood the commitment that she made to make sure that I could stay in skating. And I wanted to live up to whatever I could. Not so much win everything, but just to be the best that I could possibly be, to honor her memory and everything she went through to make sure that I was given the opportunities to be the best that I can be. Not to be a world champion or an Olympic gold medalist, but to be the best that I could be. And that was the most important thing that ever happened in my career.

Theodore Roosevelt
Mother, Memories, Commitment

On the whole, we think that the greatest victories are yet to be won, the greatest deeds yet to be done, and that there are yet in store for our peoples, and for the causes that we uphold, grander triumphs than have ever yet been scored. But be this as it may, we gladly agree that the one plain duty of every man is to face the future as he faces the present, regardless of what it may have in store for him, turning toward the light as he sees the light, to play his part manfully, as a man among men.

Theodore Roosevelt
Men, Thinking, Greatest Victory
Theodore Roosevelt (1903). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: American ideals and other essays, social and political”

Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.

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

To divide along the lines of section or caste or creed is un-American.

Theodore Roosevelt
Equality, Racism, Lines
Theodore Roosevelt (2001). “The Selected Letters of Theodore Roosevelt”, Cooper Square Pub

Unjust war is to be abhorred; but woe to the nation that does not make ready to hold its own in time of need against all who would harm it! And woe thrice over to the nation in which the average man loses the fighting edge, loses the power to serve as a soldier if the day of need should arise!

Theodore Roosevelt
War, Fighting, Men
Theodore Roosevelt (2006). “History as Literature and Other Essays”, p.131, Cosimo, Inc.

No other President ever enjoyed the Presidency as I did.

Theodore Roosevelt
Presidential, President, Presidency
Theodore Roosevelt (1954). “The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914”

Much of the discussion about socialism and individualism is entirely pointless, because of failure to agree on terminology.

Theodore Roosevelt
Wisdom, Politics, Individualism
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “African and European Addresses”, p.70, tredition

I ask of each Mason, of each member, of each brother, that he shall remember ever that there is upon him a peculiar obligation to show himself in every respect a good citizen; for after all, the way he can best do his duty by the ancient order to which he belongs is by reflecting credit upon that order by way in which he performs his duty as a citizen of the United States.

Theodore Roosevelt
Brother, Order, United States

Success, the real success, does not depend upon the position you hold but upon how you carry yourself in that position.

Theodore Roosevelt
Real, Doe, Position
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “African and European Addresses”, p.131, tredition

A finer body of men has never been gathered by any nation than the men who have done the work of building the Panama Canal; the conditions under which they have lived and have done their work have been better than in any similar work ever undertaken in the tropics; they have all felt an eager pride in their work; and they have made not only America but the whole world their debtors by what they have accomplished.

Theodore Roosevelt
Pride, Men, America
Theodore Roosevelt (2016). “Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography”, p.495, Open Road Media

Just as little can we afford to follow the doctrinaires of an impossible - and incidentally of a highly undesirable - social revolution which, in destroying individual rights - including property rights - and the family, would destroy the two chief agents in the advance of mankind, and the two chief reasons why either the advance or the preservation of mankind is worthwhile.

Theodore Roosevelt
Rights, Two, Agents
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “African and European Addresses”, p.182, tredition

You, the sons of the pioneers, if you are true to your ancestry, must make your lives as worthy as they made theirs. They sought for true success, and therefore they did not seek ease. They knew that success comes only to those who lead the life of endeavor

Theodore Roosevelt
Son, Pioneers, Ease
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.130, Courier Corporation

Poverty is a bitter thing; but it is not as bitter as the existence of restless vacuity and physical, moral, and intellectual flabbiness, to which those doom themselves who elect to spend all their years in that vainest of all vain pursuits-the pursuit of mere pleasure as a sufficient end in itself.

Theodore Roosevelt
Years, Intellectual, Poverty
Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “Works: The strenuous life”

I abhor unjust war. I abhor injustice and bullying by the strong at the expense of the weak, whether among nations or individuals. I abhor violence and bloodshed. I believe that war should never be resorted to when, or so long as, it is honorably possible to avoid it. I respect all men and women who from high motives and with sanity and self-respect do all they can to avert war. I advocate preparation for war in order to avert war; and I should never advocate war unless it were the only alternative to dishonor.

Theodore Roosevelt
Bullying, Strong, War
Theodore Roosevelt (1899). “The Rough Riders: An Autobiography”, p.461, Library of America

If elected, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more.

Theodore Roosevelt
Men, Squares, Presidential
Theodore Roosevelt (1954). “The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914”

The object of government is the welfare of the people. The material progress and prosperity of a nation are desirable chiefly so far as they lead to the moral and material welfare of all good citizens.

Theodore Roosevelt
Government, People, Progress
Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “The New Nationalism”, Best Books on

If there is one thing for which we stand in this country, it is for complete religious freedom, and it is an emphatic negation of this right to cross-examine a man on his religion before being willing to support him for office.

Theodore Roosevelt
Country, Religious, Men
Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

Give the brethren a chance to do something, anything, no matter how small or unimportant. A brother convinced that he is helpful is enthusiastic.

Theodore Roosevelt
Brother, Giving, Matter