Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"I am not surprised at it, because the last two days in California have taught me not to be surprised at anything."

"I have come from the Atlantic across the continent, and here I am addressing an American audience with the same ideals, the same aspirations, the same hopes, the same purposes, that the audiences have..."

"I think I was a pretty good American when I came here, but I feel that I am a better American now."

"As you have for your good fortune been placed down in this beautiful region with its wonderful climate, with its soil, with all the chance for development that it offers, so we have a right to expect ..."