Born Wednesday 27 October 1858, died Monday 6 January 1919
Occupation: President
Nationality: American
Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.
I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.
I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.