Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"It is eminently fitting that these services should now be commemorated in suitable manner."

"Human nature will not change."

"Fundamentally, it ought to be based on just about the principle that ought to govern each private individual citizen in dealing with his fellow, on the principle of trying to act squarely by every oth..."

"For my own part, I have striven and shall strive to avoid placing any obstacle in the way."