Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I wish to take this opportunity of thanking the men who work in the Navy Yard for the quality of the work that they do.

Address at the Laying of the Cornerstone of the Y.M.C.A. Auxiliary Clubhouse in Vallejo, California

05/13/1903

More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Only a heroic people could have battled successfully against the conditions with which the people of the South found themselves face to face...

Next only to a man's having worn the blue comes the fact of the man's having worn the gray to entitle him to honor in my sight.

When I am through my present trip I will have been in and spoken in every State in the Union during my term as President.

We have duties to perform both abroad and at home, and we can not shirk either set of duties and fully retain our self-respect.