Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

The American Navy was able in 1898 to add a new page to the honor of our republic because it had been built up during the preceding dozen ye...

Don't foul; don't flinch; and hit the line hard.

I have literally but a moment here.

Had it not been for the word the deeds could not have taken place; but without the deeds the word would have been the idlest breath.