The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Topics: Life Quotes

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...

The American people abhor a vacuum.

The American people abhor a vacuum.

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from...

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from...

It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of...

It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of...

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on,...

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on,...

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is...

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is...

Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at...

Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at...

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real...

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real...

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is...

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is...

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in...

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in...

If there is not the war, you dont get the great general; if there is...

If there is not the war, you dont get the great general; if there is...

I am a part of everything that I have read.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely...

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely...

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him

I would have carved on the portals of the National Press Club, Put not your...

I would have carved on the portals of the National Press Club, Put not your...