Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"Our aim must be to hand over to our children not an impoverished but an improved heritage."

"I am not surprised at it, because the last two days in California have taught me not to be surprised at anything."

"I have come from the Atlantic across the continent, and here I am addressing an American audience with the same ideals, the same aspirations, the same hopes, the same purposes, that the audiences have..."

"I think I was a pretty good American when I came here, but I feel that I am a better American now."