Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I can not too earnestly urge that the Director of the Census be relieved from this unfortunate situation.

The noncompetitive examination in a case like this is not only vicious, but is in effect a fraud upon the public.

I do this with extreme reluctance.

I do not believe in the doctrine that to the victor belong the spoils; but I think even less of the doctrine that the spoils shall be divide...