Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I believe in you, my countrymen; I believe in our people, and therefore I believe that they will dare to be great.

Remarks at Watsonville, California

05/10/1903

More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Precept is a very good thing, but to my thinking an ounce of practical energy is worth any amount of precept without action.

It is the same thing now in civil life.

Each of you as he moved forward into battle was immensely interested in the man on his right and the man on his left.

It is not sympathy I feel for you, but admiration.