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

Topics: America Quotes, Virtue Quotes

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

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.

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 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...

The American people abhor a vacuum.

The American people abhor a vacuum.

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where...

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where...

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are...

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are...

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...

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is...

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is...

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...

No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we...

No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we...

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

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

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no...

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no...

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!'...

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!'...

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...

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...

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun...

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun...

The common law is nothing else but statutes worn out by time

The common law is nothing else but statutes worn out by time

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you,...

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you,...