No country can long endure if its foundations are not laid deep in the material prosperity which comes from thrift, from business energy and enterprise, from hard, unsparing effort in the fields of industrial activity; but neither was any nation ever yet truly great if it relied upon material prosperity alone.
From his speech "The Strenuous Life," Roosevelt emphasizes that national greatness requires more than just economic success.
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