Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

The great interest which our people feel in the story of Paul Jones's life, the national sense of gratitude for the great service done by hi...

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

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

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