Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"Let us, therefore, study the incidents of this as philosophy to learn wisdom from, and none of them as wrongs to be revenged."

"Lincoln, himself a man of Southern birth, did not hesitate to appeal to the sword when he became satisfied that in no other way could the Union be saved, for high though he put peace he put righteousn..."

"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."

"It is not probable that the survey would be completed in a less period than that of eight or ten years, but it is well that it should be begun in the near future."