Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Garfield has shown that he is not possessed of the backbone of an angleworm.

I just could not stand to look at the lack of courage in the Senate.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

In politics, guts is all.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

Political courage requires clarity.

President Lincoln is timid, vacillating, and inefficient.

I wouldn't call the Prime Minister gutless. That's all that's left of him.

It is curious–curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.

You have to believe in something strongly enough that you would lose your seat over it.

If there's a principle really worth sticking up for, I'll go the whole way.

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

A man of conviction is often more to be desired than a man of experience.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel.

Political courage is not political suicide.

I think what separates me from the candidates is the fact that I have a proven track record of being a fighter. A fighting for what people believe in, whether it is popular or not. Despite the opposition, I stand true. Because people know that I will do what I say. And that I say what I do.

Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.

Politics is only worthwhile if you are doing what you believe, regardless of the slings and arrows.

I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth time lack of principle.

I urge you to hold fast to your standards. I plead with you not to waver.

When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that.