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Quotation from Citizenship in a Republic ("The Man in the Arena") by Theodore Roosevelt
“But above mind and above body stands character--the sum of those qualities which we mean when we speak of a man's force and courage, of his good faith and sense of honor.”
Citizenship in a Republic ("The Man in the Arena"), Paragraph 11 (African and European Addresses (1910))
Roosevelt ranks character above both intellect and physical development.
Citation: "But above mind and above body stands character--the sum of those qualities which we mean when we speak of a man's force and courage, of his good faith and sense of honor." — Theodore Roosevelt, Citizenship in a Republic ("The Man in the Arena"), Paragraph 11 (African and European Addresses (1910)). (id citizenship-in-a-republic-q5)
Portrait: 1910-04-26 - Théodore-Roosevelt regardant voler Dubonnet à Issy, Agence Rol, Public domain.
