Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

The right man, in the right place, at the right time, can steal millions.

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

The only thing I can say about having this type of success is that you can get yourself in trouble because basically the world is set open for you. People will say yes to anything you ask, so it's basically down to you and what you want or need.

It all boils down to power and money.

Sex and money always prowl in the penumbra of power.

I have always worried about who can read, who can't, who doesn't, and the great, life-altering consequences hidden within those distinctions.

Opportunity makes a thief.

Roll back the clock, and every possession of every great country started with a crime.

I think money, power, fame changes people a lot.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

Power is always a corrupting influence.

Any time you take a chance you better be sure the rewards are worth the risk because they can put you away just as fast for a ten dollar heist as they can for a million dollar job.

Whenever there are some who have more opportunities than others, this feeds corruption.

I was concerned about the link between crime and politics, and I figured out the only way I could do something about it was to get into politics.

Ignorant people are apt to overrate the value of what is called education. The sons of the poor, having suffered the privations of poverty, think of wealth as the mother of joy.

The substitute for knowledge is money.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

I saw that crime pays, but I never got involved in crime.

What is there that money will not do?

Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can.

If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.