Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"A naval war is two-thirds settled in advance, at least two-thirds, because it is mainly settled by the preparation which has gone on for years preceding its outbreak."

"It is absolutely essential, if we are to have the proper standard of public life, that promise shall be square with performance."

"I have enjoyed to the utmost my stay in California, my visits to its greatest cities."

"There is nothing more foolish, nothing less dignified than to indulge in boastfulness, in self-glorification as to the capacity of our soldiers and sailors while denying them the material which we are..."