Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

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

Remarks in Muskogee, Indian Territory

04/04/1905

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Like Lincoln he sought after the noblest objects, and like Lincoln he sought after them by thoroughly practical methods.