Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"If he did not have a fighting edge, his patriotism did not count."

"Now that was not enough, no matter how patriotic a man was in 1861."

"The worst crime against this nation which can be committed by any man is the crime of dishonesty, whether in public life, or whether in private life."

"The Commission therefore refused to recommend a special exception to the rules unless he would prove that he was eligible under the rules to take an examination for the same position."