Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

Railroading is one of those professions which, like following the deep sea fisheries, necessarily implies the acceptance of risk and danger.

Best of all it is to have what counts for more than body and more than mind, character—character, into which a good many different elements ...

The most unsafe adviser to follow is the man who would advise us to do wrong in order that we may benefit by it.

We are bound in honor to try to remedy injustice; but if we are wise we will seek to remedy it in practical ways.