Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"A battleship cannot be improvised."

"May we prove ourselves true to them, not merely by paying homage to their memory, but by so shaping the policy of this great Republic as to make it evident that we are not unworthy of our sires."

"We may be sure that the honor of the Republic is safe in their hands."

"I am glad that we, as Americans, have cause to be proud of the army and the navy of the United States—of the men who in the past have upheld the honor of the flag, and of their successors, the soldier..."