Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"It is eminently fitting that these services should now be commemorated in suitable manner."

"It is not a matter of credit to be honest, any more than it is a matter of credit to a soldier to be brave."

"Besides acting squarely, talk politely."

"Fundamentally, it ought to be based on just about the principle that ought to govern each private individual citizen in dealing with his fellow, on the principle of trying to act squarely by every oth..."