On the recordJune 6, 2010
As Theodore Roosevelt once put it, I'm asking you to 'do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.'
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presidency.ucsb.edu“As Theodore Roosevelt once put it, I'm asking you to 'do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.'”
Commencement Address at Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo
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