Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

Much can be done by the aid of the government, by the aid of the State; but, after all, the fundamental thing in bringing success to any community is the quality of the average man, the average woman, in that community.

Context

Remarks in Glenn's Ferry, Idaho

05/27/1903

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