On behavior of his oldest daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth:

I can do one of two things. I can be president of the United States or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.


Fatherhood: An Anthology (2001) by John Lewis-Stempel

Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

I can do one of two things. I can be president of the United States or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.

I can do one of two things. I can be president of the United States or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.

I can do one of two things. I can be president of the United States or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.

I can do one of two things. I can be president of the United States or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.