If we stand idly by, if we seek merely swollen, slothful ease and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at hazard of their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear, then the bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by, and will win for themselves the domination of the world.
Theodore Roosevelt
The Strenuous Life
Essays and Addresses
Theodore Roosevelt
This small but concentrated book is a collection of Roosevelt’s published commentaries and public addresses on what is necessary for a vital and healthy political, social and individual life.
