Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"Such improvements in the monetary systems of the silver-using countries bring them into closer connection with the gold-standard countries and are of very great benefit to the trade of the United Stat..."

"But if we have solved every other problem in the wisest possible way, it shall profit us nothing if we have lost our own national soul."

"No material prosperity, no business growth, no artistic or scientific development will count if the race commits suicide."

"It is impossible to overestimate the importance of the cause you represent."