Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

San Francisco is not on the westernmost verge of our possessions.

Address at the Hall of the Native Sons of the Golden West in San Francisco, California

05/12/1903

More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Stand just as quiet as possible; do not sway; just stand as quiet as possible.

And think how absolutely the event has falsified the predictions of those men.

This government cannot and shall not become a government either of a plutocracy or of a mob.

I confess I am for the moment a little surprised at the aspect of so many of the Alaskan pioneers.