It is by no means necessary that a great nation should always stand at the heroic level. But no nation has the root of greatness in it unless in time of need it can rise to the heroic mood.


Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia (ed. 1941)

Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

It is by no means necessary that a great nation should always stand at the heroic level. But no nation has the root of greatness in it unless in time ...

It is by no means necessary that a great nation should always stand at the heroic level. But no nation has the root of greatness in it unless in time ...

It is by no means necessary that a great nation should always stand at the heroic level. But no nation has the root of greatness in it unless in time ...

It is by no means necessary that a great nation should always stand at the heroic level. But no nation has the root of greatness in it unless in time ...