There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100% Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Topics: American 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

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,...

The American people abhor a vacuum.

The American people abhor a vacuum.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

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

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

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 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...

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

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...

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level...

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level...

No woman answereth an important question in less than eleven score words.

No woman answereth an important question in less than eleven score words.

Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.