Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

My faith that it will show no falling off is based upon my faith in the character of our average citizenship.

No man is warranted in feeling pride in the deeds of the army and navy of the past if he does not back up the army and the navy of the prese...

Their lives teach us to strive after in our own lives, not the thing which is merely pleasant, but the thing which it is our duty to do.

A man was not worth any thing then if he was not patriotic and decent.