All Quotes

“The light has gone out of my life. Entry in Roosevelt's diary, before which he put a large X, on 14 February 1884, the day in which both his mother and wife died within hours of each other.”

“There is a curse on this house. Theodore repeating what his brother, Elliot Roosevelt, said when Theodore reached his home in New York City to find both mother and wife dying on the evening of 13 February 1884; in this same house their father had also died from stomach cancer on 9 February 1878, at the age of 46.”

“Our Nation, A Product of Christianity,”

“The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian . January 1886, in a campaign speech given in New York [ [1] ]”

“I don’t go so far as to think that the only good Indian is the dead Indian , but I believe nine out of every ten are, and I shouldn’t like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth. Ibid, January 1886 [ [2] ]”

“We need, in the interest of the community at large, a rigid system of game laws rigidly enforced, and it is not only admissible, but one may almost say necessary, to establish, under the control of the State, great national forest reserves, which shall also be breeding grounds and nurseries for wild game; but I should much regret to see grow up in this country a system of large private game preserves, kept for the enjoyment of the very rich. The Wilderness Hunter , p. 270”

“The City in Modern Life”

“Kidd's 'Social Evolution'”

“Pange, lingua, gloriosi Corporis mysterium Sanguinisque pretiosi, Quem in mundi pretium Fructus ventris generosi Rex effudit gentium. Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory, Of His Flesh the mystery sing; Of the Blood, all price exceeding, Shed by our immortal King.”

“Pange, Lingua (hymn for Vespers on the Feast of Corpus Christi), stanza 1”

“Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail; Lo! o'er ancient forms departing, Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail. Pange, Lingua , stanza 5”

“Thus Angels' Bread is made The Bread of man today: The Living Bread from Heaven With figures doth away : O wondrous gift indeed! The poor and lowly may Upon their Lord and Master feed. Sacris Solemniis Juncta Sint Gaudia (Matins hymn for Corpus Christi), stanza 6”

“O saving Victim, opening wide The gate of heaven to man below, Our foes press on from every side, Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow. Verbum Supernum Prodiens (hymn for Lauds on Corpus Christi), stanza 5”

“Anything done against faith or conscience is sinful. Commentary on Romans , cap 14, I 3”

“Reason in man is rather like God in the world. Opuscule II, De Regno”

“Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship. Quaestiones disputatae: De caritate”

“It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin. Quaestiones disputatae: De caritate”

“The reason, however, why the philosopher may be likened to the poet is this: both are concerned with the marvellous. Commentary on the Metaphysics (c. 1270”

“De la igualdad de habilidades surge la igualdad de esperanzas en el logro de nuestros fines”

“El hombre es un lobo para el hombre”

“La elocuencia es poder, porque tiene aspecto de prudencia”

“La propia naturaleza no puede errar ...”

“To begin an affair of that kind now, and carry it on so long a time in form, is by no means a proper plan ... whatever assurances I may give her in private of my esteem for her, or whatever assurances I may ask in return from her, depend on it”

“Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law [this quote is referring to English Common Law]. Vol. 1 Whether Christianity is Part of the Common Law (1764) Broken link . Published in The Works of Thomas Jefferson in Twelve Volumes , Federal Edition, Paul Leicester Ford , ed., New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904, p. 459”

“A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear , than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity, that ever were written. Letter to Robert Skipwith (3 August 1771) ; also in The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (19 Vols., 1905) edited by Andrew A. Lipscomb and Albert Ellery Bergh, Vol. 4, p. 239”

“The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them. Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774); The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (19 Vols., 1905) edited by Andrew A. Lipscomb and Albert Ellery Bergh, Vol. 1, p. 211”

“Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. Summary View of the Rights of British America”

“Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable.”

“All persons shall have full and free liberty of religious opinion; nor shall any be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious institution. Draft Constitution for Virginia”

“The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government”