Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

May not all having a common interest reunite in a common effort to serve our common country?

Yes, and have the 'big stick', too, but do not brandish it.

May I ask those who have not differed with me to join with me in this same spirit toward those who have?

Fundamentally, it ought to be based on just about the principle that ought to govern each private individual citizen in dealing with his fel...