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I am rather more apt to read old books than new ones.

I am rather more apt to read old books than new ones.

Theodore Roosevelt
War, Book, Old Books

There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a democrat like myself must admit this. But there is absolutely nothing to be said for government by a plutocracy, for government by men very powerful in certain lines and gifted with the money touch, but with ideals which in their essence are merely those of so many glorified pawnbrokers.

Theodore Roosevelt
Peace, Powerful, War
Theodore Roosevelt (1954). “The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914”

The foes from whom we pray to be delivered are our own passions, appetites, and follies; and against these there is always need that we should war.

Theodore Roosevelt
War, Passion, Needs
Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

Abraham Lincoln - the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the Civil War - was the true representative of this people, not only for his own generation, but for all time, because he was a man among men.

Theodore Roosevelt
War, Men, People
Theodore Roosevelt (2016). “Theodore Roosevelt's Words of Wit and Wisdom”, p.52, Chartwell

After the war, and until the day of his death, his position on almost every public question was either mischievous or ridiculous, and usually both.

Theodore Roosevelt
Death, War, Ridiculous
Theodore Roosevelt (1926). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt”

No triumph of peace can equal the armed triumph of war.

Theodore Roosevelt
Peace, War, Triumph
Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

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”

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.

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

...to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.

Theodore Roosevelt
Peace, War, Corporations

War with evil; but show no spirit of malignity toward the man who may be responsible for the evil. Put it out of his power to do wrong.

Theodore Roosevelt
War, Men, Evil
Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.47, Taylor Trade Publications

... looked at from the standpoint of the ultimate result, there was little real difference to the Indian whether the land was taken by treaty or by war. ... No treaty could be satisfactory to the whites, no treaty served the needs of humanity and civilization, unless it gave the land to the Americans as unreservedly as any successful war.

Theodore Roosevelt
Real, War, Taken
Theodore Roosevelt (1904). “The war in the Northwest (cont'd). The Indian wars, 1784-1787. St. Clair and Wayne”

It may be that at some time in the dim future of the race the need for war will vanish: but that time is yet ages distant. As yet no nation can hold its place in the world, or can do any work really worth doing, unless it stands ready to guard its right with an armed hand.

Theodore Roosevelt
War, Race, Hands
Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “Works”

It [the Civil War] was a heroic struggle; and, as is inevitable with all such struggles, it had also a dark and terrible side. Very much was done of good, and much also of evil; and, as was inevitable in such a period of revolution, often the same man did both good and evil. For our great good fortune as a nation, we, the people of the United States as a whole, can now afford to forget the evil, or, at least, to remember it without bitterness, and to fix our eyes with pride only on the good that was accomplished.

Theodore Roosevelt
War, Struggle, Eye

The sons of all of us will pay in the future if we of the present do not do justice in the present.

Theodore Roosevelt
War, Son, Justice
Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.82, Taylor Trade Publications