"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 a…"

"I have a perfect horror of the man who is afraid to do anything."

"I believe in the joy of living; and I believe that the greatest joy of living is to be found in striving to do something for others."

"We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag of the anarchist."

"I have always been a great believer in the power of public opinion."