Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

To take advantage of the greatest opportunities you must have the men.

It does not make any difference what work the man is doing if he does it well.

I believe not in brilliancy, not in genius, I believe in the ordinary, humdrum, work-a-day virtues that make a man a good man in his family,...

I do not care whether a man is a banker or a bricklayer; if he is a good banker or a good bricklayer he is a good citizen.