Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

But in addition to dying for the nation you must be willing and anxious to live for the nation, or the nation will be badly off.

Remarks on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument at Arlington, Under the Auspices...

05/20/1902

More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

The Cumberland sank with her flags flying and her guns firing while her decks were awash.

It is a privilege for any President to come aboard a squadron of American warships such as these.

The man who died this morning was an excellent seaman, who had done his duty faithfully, and who died in the performance of that duty.

Then Joe is dead.