Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihoodthe virtues that made America. 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

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Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate...

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate...

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...

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

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

The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are...

The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are...

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it...

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it...

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.

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...

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,...

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,...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

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

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

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...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

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....

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better...

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better...

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do...

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do...

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of...

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of...

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...