Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"If we do not, then our children when they look back for cause of pride in our history will have to skip our generation."

"It is a good thing to cheer her, but it is a better thing to see that we keep on building other ships like her, but even better."

"I ask that we, the inheritors of the glory of the men who founded the Republic under Washington, of the men who saved it under Lincoln, in our turn play our part and do aright the lesser tasks of toda..."

"We have met to commemorate a mighty pioneer feat, a feat of the old days, when men needed to call upon every ounce of courage and hardihood and manliness they possessed in order ta make good our claim..."