Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"This State is in boundaries and resources greater than many an Old World empire; and think what it is to be a citizen of a Union in which a commonwealth like this is a State."

"There is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head."

"The essential thing in any State is the character of the average man or woman."

"Our government is based upon the rule of a self-respecting majority."