Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

In precisely the same spirit I have now acted with reference to these colored men who have been guilty of a black and dastardly crime.

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12/18/1906

More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

If the navy fails us then we are doomed to defeat.

A battleship cannot be improvised.

Where wrong has been done by anyone the wrong-doer shall be punished; but we shall not halt in our great work because some man has happened ...

Righteousness finds weakness but a poor yoke-fellow.