"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the ar…"

"I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit."

"I have never been able to understand why a man should not be proud of his race."

"I am a strong believer in the doctrine of 'the big stick in foreign policy.'"

"I utterly enjoy myself. I like to be in the thick of the fight."