Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"The only rivalry that ever entered their heads was rivalry as to which man could show himself best entitled to the praise of having done all that in him lay for our country and our flag."

"Self-government is not too easy a thing."

"When I am through my present trip I will have been in and spoken in every State in the Union during my term as President."

"Next only to a man's having worn the blue comes the fact of the man's having worn the gray to entitle him to honor in my sight."