Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"This treaty was entered into at the earnest request of Santo Domingo itself, and is designed to afford Santo Domingo relief and assistance."

"This treaty affords the most practicable means of obtaining payment for the just claims of American citizens."

"It offers the method most likely to secure peace and to prevent war in the island."

"We have faith that we shall not prove false to the memories of the men of the mighty past."