Now, it is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is vile and debasing. There is filth on the floor, and it must be scraped up with the muck rake; and there are times and places where this service is the most needed of all the services that can be performed. But the man who never does anything else, who never thinks or speaks or writes, save of his feats with the muck rake, speedily becomes, not a help but one of the most potent forces for evil.
Theodore RooseveltA man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.
Theodore RooseveltIt may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.
Theodore RooseveltA just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than the most prosperous peace.
Theodore RooseveltI always keep my weather eye on the opposition of my seventh house Moon to my first house Mars.
Theodore RooseveltIt [the Civil War] was a heroic struggle; and, as is inevitable with all such struggles, it had also a dark and terrible side. Very much was done of good, and much also of evil; and, as was inevitable in such a period of revolution, often the same man did both good and evil. For our great good fortune as a nation, we, the people of the United States as a whole, can now afford to forget the evil, or, at least, to remember it without bitterness, and to fix our eyes with pride only on the good that was accomplished.
Theodore Roosevelt