Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"The American people are to be heartily congratulated on everything of importance that has been done in connection with the building of the Panama Canal."

"The board of engineers who signed this report are of all the men in their profession, within or without the United States, the men who are on the whole best qualified to pass upon these very questions..."

"I am happy to report to you that the accompanying document shows in clearest fashion that the Congress was wise in the position it took, and that it would be an inexcusable folly to change from the pr..."

"The interests of the nation are involved in the welfare of this army of children no less than in our great material affairs."