Military power is at an end when the honor of the soldier can no longer be trusted; and, in the right sense of the word, civic greatness is at an end when civic righteousness is no longer its foundation.
Roosevelt emphasizes that both military strength and civic achievement ultimately depend on underlying moral integrity and trustworthiness.
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