Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out. Theodore Roosevelt More Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt More Quotes From Theodore Roosevelt Those who oppose all reform will do well to remember that ruin in its worst form is inevitable if our national life brings us nothing better than swollen fortunes for the few and the triumph in both politics and business of a sordid and selfish materialism. Theodore Roosevelt ruinsselfishbusiness To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed. Theodore Roosevelt natureinspirationalchildren I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit. Theodore Roosevelt equalitypatrioticmen No, I'm not a good shot, but I shoot often. Theodore Roosevelt duck-huntinghuntingsuccess ... the Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war, and the failure to act against Turkey is to condone it ... the failure to deal radically with the Turkish horror means that all talk of guaranteeing the future peace of the world is mischievous nonsense. Theodore Roosevelt turkeyswarmean Wild beasts and birds are by right not the property merely of the people today, but the property of the unborn generations, whose belongings we have no right to squander. Theodore Roosevelt generationsbirdpeople There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100% Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else Theodore Roosevelt fiftycountryrooms There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement. Theodore Roosevelt forward-movementfringemovement To sit home, read one's favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men's doing. Theodore Roosevelt evilhomemen There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm. Theodore Roosevelt environmentalpresidentialhistory The American people are slow to wrath, but when their wrath is once kindled it burns like a consuming flame. Theodore Roosevelt flameswrathpeople Avoid the base hypocrisy of condemning in one man what you pass over in silence when committed by another. Theodore Roosevelt silencehypocrisymen I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot — but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose. Theodore Roosevelt bad-assbadassgentleman The liar is no whit better than the thief, and if his mendacity takes the form of slander he may be worse than most thieves. It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with untruth. Theodore Roosevelt liarsmaymen Society has no business to permit degenerates to reproduce their kind Theodore Roosevelt degenerateseugenicsebola We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their time as it is to us to be prosperous in our time. Theodore Roosevelt prosperityimportantforget Of all the questions which can come before this nation, short of the actual preservation of its existence in a great war, there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us. Theodore Roosevelt presidentiallandwar I do not believe there was ever a life more attractive than life on a cattle farm. Theodore Roosevelt cattleattractivebelieve In doing your work in the great world, it is a safe plan to follow a rule I once heard on the football field: Don't flinch, don't fall; hit the line hard. Theodore Roosevelt footballworldfall It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer. Theodore Roosevelt doersdreamerambition
