Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I thank you not only for the words which accompany it, but for the spirit which lies behind the words.

Now think what it means in a nation for the President of that nation, forty years after one of the greatest wars of all time, to be able to ...

Now we know but one rivalry—the rivalry to see which of us can do the most for the flag of a united country.

I have no respect either for the nation or for the individual that brawls, that invites trouble.