Malefactors of great wealth.

Theodore Roosevelt · Speech at Provincetown, Massachusetts (August 20, 1907)

Put out the light.

Theodore Roosevelt · Last words (January 6, 1919)

Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.

Theodore Roosevelt · In his autobiography Roosevelt credits the line to Squire Bill Widener of Widener's Valley, Virginia; it is usually quoted as "with what you have".

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 · Editorial in the Kansas City Star (May 7, 1918)

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“Malefactors of great wealth.”

“Put out the light.”

“Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.”

“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.”

“Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.”

“The idea that a nation can tax itself into prosperity is one of the cruelest delusions which has ever befuddled the human mind.”

“A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends: but a poor man being down is thrust also away by his friends.”