Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"Shame upon the man who, when the opportunity to help is given, fails to stretch out the hand."

"We ought to say it as a reminder to us that we are not to be excused if in the future we do any less well than has been done in the past."

"It is our duty to lift him up; but it is also our duty to remember that there is no earthly use in trying to carry him."

"The worth of a civilization is the worth of the man at its centre."