Foreword to The Roosevelt Doctrine
Foreword to The Roosevelt Doctrine, a collection of President Roosevelt’s “personal utterances.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-06-30
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Presidents--Quotations
This Country will not…be a good place…
Card with undated inspirational quotation by Theodore Roosevelt: “This country will not permanently be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in.”
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
Unknown
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft
President Roosevelt suggests that William H. Taft contact First Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon for any monetary or confidential matters regarding the campaign in New York. Roosevelt is done dealing with William Jennings Bryan and, quoting Grover Cleveland, says he will now “lapse into a condition of innocuous desuetude.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-09-28
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas J. Dolan
President Roosevelt permits Thomas J. Dolan to quote him concerning his appreciation for Gertrude Beeks from the National Civic Foundation and her work regarding the Isthmian Canal. Although Roosevelt could not always follow her suggestions, he appreciated the spirit in which she worked and the good that came from her visit.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-24
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Dinwiddie
President Roosevelt tells William Dinwiddie that he has misquoted him, and instructs him to not quote private conversations between the two. He may decline to meet with Dinwiddie in the future.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-15
Letter from George W. Ogilvie to Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Ogilvie asks President Roosevelt to send a representative of the Department of Justice to Chicago to investigate unspecified claims of corruption.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-25
“T. R.” speaks
Quotations from Theodore Roosevelt on a variety of topics.
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Creation Date
1958
Theodore Roosevelt: a biographical sketch and excerpts from his writings and addresses
Brief biography of Theodore Roosevelt and quotations from Roosevelt on a variety of topics.
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Creation Date
Unknown
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Morris J. Husch
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Morris J. Husch for the quotation by Abraham Lincoln.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-27
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to William Mather Lewis
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells William Mather Lewis that Roosevelt never gives quotations on issues in letters, and that he should consult books, newspapers, and other publications.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-04-30
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles A. Lindbergh
Theodore Roosevelt regards a quotation from President Taft’s speech as “first-class.” Roosevelt agrees with Charles A. Lindbergh on the La Follette-Roosevelt “side of this business” and wants an understanding between the two parties so that no lines cross under any circumstances.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-03-25
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to J. C. White
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary refers J. C. White to Roosevelt’s published speeches for the answer to his question.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-03-22
Letter from Frank Harper to C. C. Strickland
Frank Harper refers C. C. Strickland to Theodore Roosevelt’s published speeches for the answer to his question in lieu of Roosevelt responding via a personal letter “to friends for quotation.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-03-22
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James P. Magenis
President Roosevelt thanks James P. Magenis for his letter. Roosevelt discusses the current administration, using a quotation of Abraham’s Lincoln to refer to the previous election as an instance of “fooling” the people. He states that all that can be done at present is to hold their tongues.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1914-11-24
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William I. Irvine
President Roosevelt thanks William I. Ewart for the letter. He hopes that, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, Ewart is “at least half right.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-02-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Percy H. Epler
President Roosevelt gives Percy H. Epler permission to reproduce his words but asks him to make it clear that they were written in 1906.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles E. Townsend
President Roosevelt has heard that Representative Townsend said that Roosevelt had abandoned the idea of getting modification of the injunction law. However, Roosevelt believes there is “a first-class chance” of doing so. Roosevelt asks Townsend not to repeat any conversation they have about the chances of different bills in Congress.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-05-12
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert Baird Cummins
President Roosevelt will not deny the claim made in an Iowa newspaper that quoted his support for Senator William B. Allison’s re-election campaign over challenger and current Iowa Governor Cummins. Roosevelt does not want to set a precedent of responding to every quote that is falsely attributed to him.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-11-29
Letter from William Loeb to Julia Wyatt Bullard
Secretary to the President Loeb encloses the requested signed quotations from President Roosevelt. The quotations are on Roosevelt’s opinion of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and national memory of the Civil War more broadly, praise of white backwoodsmen’s use of guns and axes in North American western expansion and imperialism, ideal gender roles for men and women, and the need for national commitment to “the life of strenuous endeavor.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-09
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Gabriels
President Roosevelt was astonished at seeing Bishop Gabriels’ interview in which he claimed to be quoting from his private conversation with Roosevelt. President Roosevelt chides Gabriels for doing this without first consulting with Roosevelt, and would not have held a private conversation with him if he knew it would be used like this. Furthermore, Gabriels misquoted Roosevelt, making it seem like Roosevelt wanted recognition for appointing Catholics, where what Roosevelt said was that he had treated Protestants and Catholics on equal footing.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-08-01