Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace or creed or line of descent.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Topics: Character Quotes

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...

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

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

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

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is...

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is...

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as...

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as...

In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing....

In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing....

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble,...

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble,...

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.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing,...

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing,...

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace...

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace...

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...

There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished...

There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished...

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to...

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to...

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit...

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit...

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...

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good...

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good...

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,...

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

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