“We wish to control big business so as to secure among other things good
wages for the wage-workers and reasonable prices for the consumers.

Wherever in any business the prosperity of the business man is obtained
by lowering the wages of his workmen and charging an excessive price to
the consumers we wish to interfere and stop such practices.”

– Teddy Roosevelt in a speech at the convention of the
National Progressive Party in Chicago, August, 1912

“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

– Teddy Roosevelt in a speech at the
Minnesota State Fair, September 2, 1901