Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"Great is your State, men and women of California, and a great thing it is to be a Californian."

"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..."

"Much though I have been interested in the wonderful physical beauty of this wonderful State, I have been infinitely more interested in its citizenship."

"it is even a greater thing to be what all of us are—Americans."