Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

It is a great pleasure to greet you to-day and be once again in this fertile and beautiful State of Illinois.

Remarks in Sterling, Illinois

05/09/1905

More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

To pin those cards up there is as much out of place as if you tacked so many tin cans up there.

I am, oh, so glad to be here.

I believe in you, my countrymen; I believe in our people, and therefore I believe that they will dare to be great.

I have enjoyed every hour I have been in your beautiful and wonderful State.