Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

People can govern themselves only by practicing the virtues of moderation, self-restraint, of understanding that the simple homely virtues of honesty, courage and common sense are essential to the full development of citizenship in a free land.

Context

Remarks at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama

10/23/1905

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