Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"Every American citizen should feel not merely gratification, but a very keen sense of pride in the statement made by this distinguished body of engineers as to the way in which the work has been done,..."

"I am happy to report to you that the accompanying document shows in clearest fashion that the Congress was wise in the position it took, and that it would be an inexcusable folly to change from the pr..."

"The interests of the nation are involved in the welfare of this army of children no less than in our great material affairs."

"Surely poverty alone should not disrupt the home."