And he was signaling to the country that physical fitness of Americans was going to be one of the primary priorities of his administration. He watched what was happening. There was all kinds of studies that had come out at the time that showed that we were falling behind Europeans in terms of our physical fitness. My uncle and my father believed strongly that American democracy and the taming of the American wilderness and the achievements of our country were related to the strength, both the physical strength and the moral strength of America. (02:04–02:13)
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Asserts that studies showed Americans were falling behind Europeans in physical fitness.
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