Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"In every case, the recommendation for such discharge must be made by the commanding officer of the vessel on which the man may be serving."

"It is eminently proper that on great national holidays, and particularly July Fourth, we should come together, not as representatives of one body, but as Americans, to represent all that makes America..."

"Character, that compound of honesty and courage and common sense, will avail us more in the long run than any brilliancy on the stump or any advising legislative means and methods."

"We cannot turn back the wheels of progress."