Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"This government is not and never shall be a government either of a plutocracy or of a mob."

"Much can be done by the aid of the government, by the aid of the State; but, after all, the fundamental thing in bringing success to any community is the quality of the average man, the average woman,..."

"I congratulate you upon the output from the mines, next the ranches, but most of all the children."

"I think I was a pretty good American when I came, but I am going away a better American."