Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"I am happy to say that during the last year or two the National Legislature has begun to realize its responsibilities in reference to Alaska;"

"I earnestly hope that Congress will speedily provide for a delegate from Alaska,"

"I do not believe that even you yourselves realize how great the future is that stretches before this country."

"Very few European races have exercised a more profound influence upon Europe, and none has had a more heroic history, than the race occupying the Scandinavian countries of the Old World."