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.

Message to Congress on the Threatened Destruction by the Overflow of the Colorado River in the Sink or Depression known as...

01/11/1907

More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

The one thing on which this country must forever be a unit is the navy.

We must see to it that no man for speculative purposes or for mere temporary use exploits the groves of great trees.

I want to thank you very much for your courtesy in receiving me.

This is the first glimpse I have ever had of the big trees.