Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"I am impressed, as every man must be, with what our nation is to have within its borders a State such as this."

"Most of all I have enjoyed seeing you, the men and women of California."

"I am glad to meet all of you."

"Success will come in the long run to the man or the nation possessing the attributes that have conquered success from the days when we first have written records of the nations of mankind."