Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"The making of this cut in a bank composed of light alluvial soil above a depression such as this without controlling devices was criminal negligence."

"The work of the Reclamation Service in developing the larger opportunities of the western half of our country for irrigation is more important than almost any other movement."

"Precisely the same action would have been taken had the troops been white--indeed, the discharge would probably have been made in more summary fashion."

"But I wish it distinctly understood that the fact of the birthplace of either officer is one which I absolutely refuse to consider."