Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"We are proud now of what our fathers did in the days that tried men's souls."

"I want you to remember now that you are on the verge of Statehood, that whether you can feel proud or not of your State in the future is going to depend upon the citizenship of the average man and ave..."

"I am especially glad to greet the children."

"You will soon be part of one of the great States of the Union (for surely we will see Oklahoma and the Indian Territory admitted to Statehood), and when that takes place you will be at the outset a gr..."