I wish to say seriously to all the daily newspapers, to the Republicans, the Democrat, and Socialist parties, that they cannot, month in month out and year in and year out, make the kind of untruthful, of bitter assault that they have made and not expect that brutal, violent natures, or brutal and violent characters, especially when the brutality is accompanied by a not very strong mind; they cannot expect that such natures will be unaffected by it.
Theodore RooseveltThe pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.
Theodore RooseveltWhen they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'
Theodore RooseveltI cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope - the door of opportunity - is to be shut upon any man, no matter how worthy, purely upon the grounds of race or color. Such an attitude would, according to my convictions, be fundamentally wrong.
Theodore Roosevelt