Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified, for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness.
In his address "The Strenuous Life," Roosevelt argues that national greatness is achieved through justified struggle and effort.
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