Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I ask that the nation dare to be great, and that in daring to be great it show how to do justice to the weak no less than to exact justice f...

That sort of kindness is a curse for those for whom it is nominally exercised.

I admire a great many of Massachusetts' products, but I think the product of the children is the best.

I demand that the nation do its duty, accept responsibility that must go with greatness.