Jacob A. Riis (1849–1914). Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen. 1904.
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| for the timid, the irresolute and the idle; and it is no less true that there is scant room in the world at large for the nation with mighty thews that dares not to be great.” |
| “It is not possible ever to insure prosperity merely by law.” |
| “This government is not and never shall be a plutocracy. This government is not and never shall be ruled by a mob.” |
| “Woe to us all if ever as a people we grow to condone evil because it is successful.” |
| “The wilfully idle man, like the wilfully barren woman, has no place in a sane, healthy and vigorous community.” |
| “Success comes only to those who lead the life of endeavor.” |
| “Our interests are at bottom common; in the long run we go up or go down together.” |
| “No prosperity and no glory can save a nation that is rotten at heart.” |
| “Ultimately no nation can be great unless its greatness is laid on foundations of righteousness and decency. We cannot do great deeds as a nation unless we are willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness, unless we believe in energy and thrift, unless we |