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

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...

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a...

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a...

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...

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he...

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he...

The American people abhor a vacuum.

The American people abhor a vacuum.

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up...

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up...

We demand that big business give people a square deal; in return we must insist...

We demand that big business give people a square deal; in return we must insist...

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...

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...

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get...

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get...

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,...

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I...

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...