Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

Applications for discharges which reach the department except through the commanding officers of vessels shall be without exception disregarded.

Executive Order

07/09/1902

More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

They did justice, and we will do justice.

We may be sure that the honor of the Republic is safe in their hands.

I am glad that we, as Americans, have cause to be proud of the army and the navy of the United States—of the men who in the past have upheld...

We are Americans, and that means that we treat Americanism primarily as a matter of spirit and purpose.