I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender. (Address at Friends School, Washington, DC, May 24, 1907)
孩子们，我想看你们竞赛，我想见到你们勇敢男子汉的一面，还有和气细心的一刻。

Be practical as well are generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground. (Speech at Prize Day Exercises at Groton School, Groton, MA, May 24 1904)
你的志向必须要实事求是并且要有意义，把眼光放远至天上的星星，但要紧记把你的双脚踏实在地上。

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life. (America and the World War, 1915)
勇气胆量，勤奋向上，自我控制，和聪敏机灵的努力，都是成功必不可少的要素。

Alike for the nation and the individual, the one indispensable requisite is character. (American Ideals, 1897)
个性——不论对国家还是个人，都是不可缺少的。

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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals in so far as he can. (A Letter to Dr. Sturgis Bigelow, March 29, 1898)
一个人的效用功德，取决于他有否在能力范围内尽全力实践自己的理想志向。

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. (The Strenuous Life, 1900)
失败苦，更苦的是从没尝试争取便成功。 （注：因为没经历，很快会跌下来。Hard一词亦可解作困难，但在这句中不是指很难才失败。）

All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer and nobler type of manhood. (Address to Naval War College, June 2, 1897)
在厄运中磨练出来的大胆气魄、勇气胆量和坚韧耐力，全可把人锻炼得更为优秀、更高尚。

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. (The Great Adventure, 1918)
留下来的都不惧怕死亡；死去的亦没有为生命的喜悦和责任而退缩。 (注：此话是罗斯福为在第一次世界大战中丧生的儿子Quentin Roosevelt的颂词。自问未能翻释出他的神绪，请高人指教。)

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Ours is a government of liberty by, through, and under the law. (Speech at Spokane, WA, May 26, 1903)
我们这个自由的政府是依据并通过法律所定义的。

A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy. (The New Nationalism, 1910)
一个伟大的民主制度，必须不断进步，否则会渐变得不再伟大，甚至不再是民主。

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. (Miscellaneous Writings, c. 1890s)
没有自由的责令，和没有责令的自由，同样具有破坏性。

In popular government results worth having can be achieved only by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense. (Address at Harvard Union, Feb. 23, 1907)
只有结合有意义的理想和实际的理智，才能产生一个值得归属且得人心的政府。

If I must choose between righteousness and peace I choose righteousness. (America and the World War, 1915)
如果我一定要在正义与和平之间作出选择，我拣取正义。

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There is delight in the hardy life of the open. (African Game Trails, 1910)
在自然旷野中艰苦生活，其实很有趣味。

There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy, and its charm. (African Game Trails, 1910)
旷野中所隐藏的情态是非笔墨所能形容的，语言无法揭示其奥秘、忧郁和魅力。

The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value. (The New Nationalism, 1910)
好的国家把自然资源作为资产交给下一代时，资产价值应比以前有所增加而非受损。

Conservation means development as much as it does protection. (The New Nationalism, 1910)
环境生态保护的意思不单是保卫，还有发展。

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