Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"Of these men the one appointed as administrator of the Canal Strip should also serve as minister to Panama."

"Their acts were in plain violation of the letter of the statute, but the case presented is not an aggravated one, and I believe that their severance from the academy, their reduction to the foot of th..."

"The matter is presented for the consideration of the Congress."

"I earnestly recommend its passage by the present Congress."