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The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and

The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world... The first step – in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come – is to teach men to shoot!

Theodore Roosevelt
Military, War, Mean

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

Theodore Roosevelt
Military, Citizens, Weight
Speech, New York, N.Y., 11 Nov. 1902

We have room in this country for but one flag, the Stars and Stripes!

Theodore Roosevelt
Country, Stars, Military
Theodore Roosevelt (1925). “The foes of our own household; The great adventure; Letters to his children”

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt
Courage, Badass, Military
Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5

A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.

Theodore Roosevelt
Military, War, Navy
Theodore Roosevelt (1916). “Fear God and Take Your Own Part”, New York : George H. Doran

It is not the critic who counts

Theodore Roosevelt
Courage, Military, Failure
Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5

We have room for but one loyalty, loyalty to the United States.

Theodore Roosevelt
Loyalty, Military, United States
1919 Message to theAmerican Defense Society two days before his death, 3 Jan.

Don't spread patriotism too thin.

Theodore Roosevelt
Military, Spread
Theodore Roosevelt (1954). “The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914”