Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"Under no circumstances should the injured employee or his surviving dependents be required to bring suit against the Government."

"Our proposition is not to confer a right of action upon the Government employee, but to secure him suitable provision against injuries received in the course of his employment."

"It is a matter of humiliation to the Nation that there should not be on our statute books provision to meet and partially to atone for cruel misfortune when it comes upon a man through no fault of his..."

"Exactly as the workingman is entitled to his wages, so he should be entitled to indemnity for the injuries sustained in the natural course of his labor."