Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

With decency there must go the power practically to apply it in life, practically to work it out, and to work it out for the benefit of others as well as for one's self.

Context

Address at Dedication of the Building of the Young Men's Christian Association in San Francisco, California

05/11/1903

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