Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

October 27th, 2008, marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt

Soldier, statesman, writer and explorer, Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States. His enormous energy and zest for life made him one of America's most flamboyant leaders.

Roosevelt served as assistant secretary of the Navy before resigning in 1898 to fight Cuba. Returning as something of a war hero, he easily was elected governor of New York. He then served as Vice President of the United States and took office after McKinley's assassination in 1901.

Roosevelt greatly expanded the powers of the presidency and of the federal government on the side of public interest in conflicts between big business and big labor. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War and promoted the construction of the Panama Canal. A devout naturalist, Roosevelt was responsible for setting aside thousands of acres of land to preserve what are today our national parks and forests.

Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt:

"I care not what others think of what I do,
but I care very much about what I think of what I do!
That is character!"

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."

"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything."

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure…
than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much,
because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

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