| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 628 |
| AUTHOR: | Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) |
| QUOTATION: | A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how well he cares for his household, he is not a good citizen unless he also takes thought of the state. In the same way, a great nation must think of its own internal affairs; and yet it cannot substantiate its claim to be a great nation unless it also thinks of its position in the world at large. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | THEODORE ROOSEVELT, “Nationalism and International Relations,” Social Justice and Popular Rule (vol. 17 of The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, national ed.), chapter 12, p. 108 (1926). |
| SUBJECTS: | Foreign policy |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | WORKS: | Theodore Roosevelt Collection | | |
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