Theodore Roosevelt Quotes about Politics

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Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

Theodore Roosevelt

Political, Politics, Action

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

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

Theodore Roosevelt

Politics, Kind, Individualism

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

I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of ten are, and I shouldn't like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth.

Theodore Roosevelt

Believe, Thinking, Politics

Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

There is superstition in science quite as much as there is superstition in theology, and it is all the more dangerous because those suffering from it are profoundly convinced that they are freeing themselves from all superstition.

Theodore Roosevelt

Suffering, Politics, Superstitions

Theodore Roosevelt (2006). “History as Literature and Other Essays”, p.247, Cosimo, Inc.

We can just as little afford to follow the doctrinaires of an extreme individualism as the doctrinaires of an extreme socialism.

Theodore Roosevelt

Wisdom, Politics, Littles

Citizenship in a Republic - The Man in the Arena, delivered 23 April 1910, Le Sorbonne, University of Paris

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.

Theodore Roosevelt

Law, Politics, Ruins

Theodore Roosevelt (1904). “The Roosevelt Doctrine: Beng the Personal Utterances of the President on Various Matters of Vital Interest, Authoritatively Arranged for Reference in Their Logical Sequence; a Brief Summary of the Principles of American Citizenship and Government”

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.

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

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

It is, of course, the merest truism to say a party is of use only so far as it serves the nation.

Theodore Roosevelt

Party, Use, Politics