Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I thank you most heartily for your kindness in coming to greet me

If a man does his duty he is a good citizen and we should be proud of him.

Lying out at night under those giant Sequoias was lying in a temple built by no hand of man, a temple grander than any human architect could...

It has always seemed to me that we should profit by the lessons that they taught, not merely in war, but in peace.