Theodore Roosevelt on the cover of The Verdict Magazine, #OTD in 1900 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_…

#OTD in 1903, President Roosevelt spoke in Redlands, California. “We must have the qualities of courage, of hardihood, of power to hold one's own in the hurly-burly of actual life.” presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/addr…

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
– Theodore Roosevelt, #OTD in 1918 theodoreroosevelt.org/content.aspx?p…

#OTD in 1889, Theodore Roosevelt was appointed U.S. Civil Service Commissioner by President Benjamin Harrison. He was reappointed by President Cleveland. theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR…

#OTD in 1895, Theodore Roosevelt took office as one of four members of the Board of Police Commissioners of New York City. TR served as president of the board. theodoreroosevelt.org/content.aspx?p…

#OTD in 1898, Theodore Roosevelt resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt and the Rough Riders departed for Cuba in June. theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR…

“I hope you will not have a building of any kind, not a summer cottage, a hotel or anything else, to mar the wonderful grandeur, the sublimity, the great loneliness and beauty of the canyon.” - President Roosevelt at the Grand Canyon, #OTD in 1903
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“He has both physical and moral courage in a degree rare in history.” - John Burroughs (white beard in pic) writing about his friend Theodore Roosevelt gutenberg.org/files/33053/33…

“You must remember that the school can only supplement the home, that you cannot expect the school teachers to undo what you do if you do your part ill.” - President Roosevelt in Albuquerque, New Mexico #OTD in 1903 theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digit…

“I hope we can get an expeditionary force over there, and I hope we shall have a colored regiment in that force.” - Theodore Roosevelt writing about the war in Europe, #OTD in 1917 theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digit…

Theodore Roosevelt, W.H. Van Benschoten and Franklin D. Roosevelt in Syracuse, New York, #OTD in 1915. TR was in Syracuse because William Barnes brought a libel suit against him. The jury ruled in Roosevelt’s favor on May 22nd. pbs.org/kenburns/the-r…

“I loved her as soon as I saw her sweet, fair, young face.” - Theodore Roosevelt writing about Alice Hathaway Lee, his first wife google.com/books/edition/…

#OTD in 1903, President Roosevelt spoke in Denver, CO. “For my fellow countrymen, you can never afford to forget at one moment that in the long run anything that is of benefit to one part of our Republic is of necessity a benefit to all the Republic.” presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/rema…

'Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.' - Jedi Master TR to his padawans at the Groton School, 1904 #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou
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“He was so enthusiastic and had such a startling array of deeply rooted interests that we all thought he would make a great journalist.” - A Harvard classmate of Theodore Roosevelt google.com/books/edition/…

“I have been reading Chaucer with industry lately, and as I gradually become used to his language I get to enjoy him and more; but I must say I think he is altogether needlessly filthy.” - Theodore Roosevelt in a letter to a friend, #OTD in 1892 theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR…

Political cartoon of Police Commissioner Roosevelt, published #OTD in 1895 loc.gov/item/201667992…

“It is a dreadful misfortune for a man to grow to feel that his whole livelihood and whole happiness depend upon his staying in office. Such a feeling prevents him from being of real service to the people while in office.”
- Theodore Roosevelt bartleby.com/55/3.html

“We are not second rate Englishmen or transplanted Germans or Irishmen – we are Americans and nothing else.” - Theodore Roosevelt in Boston, Massachusetts, #OTD in 1918 theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digit…

#OTD in 1902, President Roosevelt gave the commencement address at the United States Naval Academy. “If the day for battle comes you will need all that you possess of boldness, skill, determination…and instant readiness in an emergency.” presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/comm…