The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

wars.
Undelivered address for Jefferson Day, 13 April 1945 (the day after Roosevelt died) in ‘Public Papers’ (1950)
vol. 13, p. 615
Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can
abolish memory...In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication
always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
‘Message to the Booksellers of America’ 6 May 1942, in ‘Publisher’s Weekly’ 9 May 1942
It is fun to be in the same decade with you.
Cable to Winston Churchill, replying to congratulations on Roosevelt’s 60th birthday, in W. S. Churchill
‘Hinge of Fate’ (1950) ch. 4
6.78 Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919
I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
Speech to the Hamilton Club, Chicago, 10 April 1899, in ‘Works’, Memorial edition (1925), vol. 15, p. 267
There is a homely old adage which runs: ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.’ If
the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a
thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.
Speech at Chicago, 3 April 1903, in ‘New York Times’ 4 April 1903
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a
square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have.
Speech at the Lincoln Monument, Springfield, Illinois, 4 June 1903, in ‘Addresses and Presidential Messages
1902-4’ (1904) p. 224
The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society; but only if
they know when to stop raking the muck.
Speech in Washington, 14 April 1906, in ‘Works’, Memorial edition (1925) vol. 18, p. 574.
There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism...The one absolutely certain way
of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all,
would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.
Speech in New York, 12 October 1915, in ‘Works’, Memorial edition (1925) vol. 20, p. 457
Foolish fanatics...the men who form the lunatic fringe in all reform movements.
‘Autobiography’ (1913) ch. 7
I am as strong as a bull moose and you can use me to the limit.
Letter to Mark Hanna, 27 June 1900, in ‘Works’ (Memorial edition, 1926) vol. 23, p. 162; ‘Bull Moose’
subsequently became the popular name of the Progressive Party
6.79 Lord Rosebery (Archibald Philip Primrose, fifth Earl of Rosebery) 1847-1929
Imperialism, sane Imperialism, as distinguished from what I may call wild-cat Imperialism, is
nothing but this—a larger patriotism.
Speech at a City Liberal Club dinner, 5 May 1899
It is beginning to be hinted that we are a nation of amateurs.
Rectorial Address at Glasgow University, 16 November 1900, in ‘The Times’ 17 November 1900