Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby decl...

From now on throughout your lives there can be no slackness in the performance of duty on your part.

We may be sure that the honor of the Republic is safe in their hands.

The Republic has put up its flag in those islands, and the flag will stay there.