Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

There is always a tendency among very young men and among boys who are not quite young men as yet to think that to be wicked is rather smart...

I do not expect perfection, but I do expect genuine and sincere effort toward being decent and cleanly in thought, in word, and in deed.

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section sixteen of said act of...

Mrs. Julia W. Wellborn may be permanently appointed Clerk in the Geological Survey without examination under the civil service rules.