Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed."

"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,..."

"The American people are to be heartily congratulated on everything of importance that has been done in connection with the building of the Panama Canal."

"The board of engineers who signed this report are of all the men in their profession, within or without the United States, the men who are on the whole best qualified to pass upon these very questions..."