Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I desire to see in this country the decent men strong and the strong men decent.

Remarks to the Holy Name Society in Oyster Bay, New York

08/15/1903

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West Pointers have risen to the first rank in all the occupations of civil life.

Your duty here at West Point has been to fit men to do well in war.

You must be doctors and military men and able administrators.

I welcome you here, and I am glad to have the chance of seeing you, and I wish to say a word of congratulation to you upon this Association.