Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), also known as Teddy or or simply T. R., was a US politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer. He served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

Wisdom & Quotes

• There is a homely adage which runs: 'Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.'

- speech, September 2, 1901

• Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

- Labour Day Speech, 1903

• A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterward.

- speech, July 4, 1903

• No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it.

- speech, January 1904

• Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

- speech, July 14, 1917

• There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only hundred per cent Americanism.

- speech, July 19, 1918

• No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.

- The Strenuous Life, title essay

Ruggiero Leoncavallo