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The following is a list of quotations attributed to Theodore Roosevelt. Where a source can be verified, it is noted below along with a brief explanation of the setting or the context for that quote. This list includes a number of quotations for which a source has not been verified in Theodore Roosevelt's writings. The context for many of the quotes included here reflects research that has been conducted throughout the years by curators of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, which is presented here through a cooperation between Harvard College Library and the Theodore Roosevelt Center. Quotations will be added to this list as staff at both institutions continue their research.

TR speaking with people on rooftop behind him

A man must think well before he marries. He must be a tender and considerate husband and realize that there is no other human being to whom he owes so much of love and regard and consideration as he does to the woman who with pain bears and with labor rears the children that are his.

Theodore Roosevelt considered himself an extraordinarily fortunate man to have had a worthy life partner in Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Theirs was a loving marriage which survived the stresses of the presidency intact.

A man of very strong feelings and convictions in political life is almost sure to make an even larger number of violent enemies than of attached friends.

Theodore Roosevelt is proud that his sons, and hopefully grandsons, have attended Groton School. However, he cannot make a speech at this time as he is out of touch with public opinion and doubts he can do any good. Roosevelt’s schedule is also filled with “enormous correspondence and innumerable demands.” He’s also gradually getting over the health impact of his Brazilian trip.

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