Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I need not tell you that what really counts in any State is the character of the men and women who make up that State.

Successful self-government, of course, must be based upon the average quality of the citizenship.

It was from Caddo that very many members of my own old regiment came, and you can hardly imagine what a pleasure it is to me to be here to-d...

If you are half as glad to have me as I am to be here we will call it square.