Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands so as aforesaid ced..."

"A battleship cannot be improvised."

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

"The Republic has put up its flag in those islands, and the flag will stay there."