The American people abhor a vacuum.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Topics: Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

The men and women who have the right ideals ... are those who have the...

The men and women who have the right ideals ... are those who have the...

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in...

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in...

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his...

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his...

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than...

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than...

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

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...

For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly...

For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly...

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

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...

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...

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to...

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to...

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...

I am a part of everything that I have read.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

I wonder when someone will grow the testicles to say to americans everywhere, 'Enough with...

I wonder when someone will grow the testicles to say to americans everywhere, 'Enough with...

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to...

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to...