Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I am not surprised that you should show those traits, for I should be heartily ashamed of you if you did not.

Commencement Address at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland

01/29/1905

More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

This country of ours is pre-eminently a business country.

The nation must act in a spirit which gives full recognition to the national demands;

While prosperity is indispensable as the basis, as the foundation, it will not amount to anything if you do not build on that foundation.

I doubt if any member of the Hamilton Club has longer and pleasanter associations with it than I have.