Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

The more efficient a man is the more dangerous he is if that efficiency is not guided by the proper type of spirit, by the proper sense of moral responsibility.

Context

Address at Dedication of the Building of the Young Men's Christian Association in San Francisco, California

05/11/1903

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Clarence Reeder may be appointed as private secretary to the Director of the Geological Survey, without examination under the civil-service ...
6/23/1904
An exception to the requirements of the civil-service rules is hereby made to permit the appointment, without examination, of Dr. William L....
6/22/1904
An exception to the requirements of the civil-service rules is hereby made to permit the appointment of Mr. Samuel D. Amen to the position o...
6/16/1904
The lands hereby excluded from the reserve and restored to the public domain shall lie open to settlement from the date hereof.
6/13/1904

View All Theodore Roosevelt Quotes