Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"Our soldiers fought to give her freedom; and for three years our representatives, civil and military, have toiled unceasingly, facing disease of a peculiarly sinister and fatal type, with patient and ..."

"It is earnestly to be hoped that we will complete in the same spirit the record so well begun, and show in our dealings with Cuba that steady continuity of policy which it is essential for our nation ..."

"The granting of reciprocity with Cuba is a proposition which stands entirely alone."

"In the case of Cuba, however, there are weighty reasons of morality and of national interest why the policy should be held to have a peculiar application."