Theodore Roosevelt

I have been in Sagamore Hill for two days, and have had a perfectly lovely time. I killed a rattlesnake and a copperhead, and caught a woodchuck alive and put him in a barrel. I also killed a weasel and a mink. I am going to try to catch a badger in a trap I set for him.

I am an American and not a hyphenated American. I am not an Irish-American, or a German-American, or an English-American, but an American, and nothing else.

When I am in the White House, I am the President; when I am in the country, I am a farmer.

I don't believe in the doctrine of the infallibility of the Pope, but I do believe in the infallibility of the people.

I am not an angel, and I am not a saint, and I am not a prophet; but I am a man, and I am a man of action.

I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

I am as strong as a bull moose, and you can use me to the limit.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the Canal does also.

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

I am a man of the West, and I have lived among the cowboys and the hunters and the miners and the ranchmen, and I know them, and I know their ways.

I have always been fond of the old saying, 'Look before you leap,' but I have a still greater liking for 'Leap before you look.'

I am not in the least afraid of the word 'radical.' When a man is afraid of the word 'radical,' it proves that he is not a radical.

I have a perfect horror of the man who is always saying, 'I wish I had done so and so.'

I have never been in any war, but I have seen a good deal of fighting, and I have heard a good deal about fighting, and I have read a good deal about fighting, and I have thought a good deal about fighting.

I am a firm believer in the doctrine of 'speak softly and carry a big stick.'

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.

I have always been a man of action, and I have always been a man who has tried to do things.

I am a strong believer in the policy of 'a square deal for every man.'

I have never been a man who has been afraid to speak his mind, and I have never been a man who has been afraid to do what he thought was right.

I am a man of peace, but I am also a man of action, and I believe in the doctrine of 'peace through strength.'