Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

The coward is to be condemned rather than the brave man to be praised.

I expect every one to show a perfect willingness to die rather than to see the slightest stain put upon the American flag.

I do not expect perfection, but I do expect genuine and sincere effort toward being decent and cleanly in thought, in word, and in deed.

There is always a tendency among very young men and among boys who are not quite young men as yet to think that to be wicked is rather smart...