Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

Applaud the navy and what it has done. That is first-class. But make your applause count by seeing that the good work goes on.

Address at the Dedication of the Navy Memorial Monument in San Francisco, California

05/13/1903

More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Constitution, laws,—they are good things, indispensable things, to have right, but you must have the men behind them or they will amount to ...

I want to see the average American citizen be in the future as he has been in the past, a decent man, doing no wrong.

I should be ashamed of you if you were not, living in such a state as this.

I understand now.