Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"Precisely the same action would have been taken had the troops been white--indeed, the discharge would probably have been made in more summary fashion."

"I have done all I could to secure them equal school training when young, equal opportunity to earn their livelihood, and achieve their happiness when old."

"But I wish it distinctly understood that the fact of the birthplace of either officer is one which I absolutely refuse to consider."

"I have striven to break up peonage; I have upheld the hands of those who, like Judge Jones and Judge Speer, have warred against this peonage."