Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

Leadership is necessary in order that we may get really good results out of a high average of individual character.

Memorial Day Remarks at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia

05/29/1906

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The home duties are the vital duties.

Our homage to-day to the memory of Sherman comes from the depths of our being.

Leadership is of avail only so far as there is wise and resolute public sentiment behind it.

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