Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"Upon your success depended all the future of the people on this continent, and much of the future of mankind as a whole."

"We believe that we can rapidly teach the people of the Philippine Islands not only how to enjoy but how to make good use of their freedom."

"Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested, do hereby declare and make known that the Executive Orders dated December 57, 1875, and Dece..."

"We prize this fresh proof of the friendship of the French people."