I do not wish in politics two entirely separate groups, one composed of the men who mean well, and cannot do anything, and the other of the men who are thoroughly efficient, but do not mean well at all.
Remarks at the Graduating Exercises of Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts
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