Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

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

"Surely this is the spirit which all Americans should show now, when there is so little excuse for malice or rancor or hatred, when there is so little of vital consequence to divide brother from brothe..."

"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."

"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..."