"Of all the work that is done or that can be done for our country, the greatest is that of educating the BODY, the MIND, and above all the CHARACTER, giving spiritual and moral training to those who in a few years are themselves to decide the destines nation."by Theodore Roosevelt

I think this quote means that you need to teach yourself how to be a good person. And when we teach our selves to be a good person others will want to do what you are doing right. Taking care of yourself by not miss-treating your body, nor using drugs, and being kind makes someone a good person. These are things that will get others to want to look up at you. Making right choices in your life and choosing the right is another good deed in helping out yourself. So what Theodore is trying to say is that by the years of choosing new presidents, they will just keep on getting more and more great at being great. It is up to us to decide wheater our nation and youth shall be rude or respectful.