Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"As a matter of fact, there is nothing whatever, in which this Government is interested, to investigate about this transaction."

"While the criminal offense of which Mr. Pulitzer has been guilty is in form a libel upon individuals, the great injury done is in blackening the good name of the American people."

"They consist simply of a string of infamous libels."

"The wickedness of the slanders is only surpassed by their fatuity."