If there is not the war, you dont get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you dont get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his…

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Topics: Military Quotes, War Quotes

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much...

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much...

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...

A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great...

A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great...

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the...

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the...

A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than...

A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than...

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to...

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to...

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...

Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not...

Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not...

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk...

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk...

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.

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the...

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

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...

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...

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...

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

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...