Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I believe in you, men and women of California, men and women of America, of the United States, because I feel that you are not only sound in body and sound in mind, but that which counts for more than body, more than mind—character.

Context

Address at San Luis Obispo, California

05/08/1903

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