Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"They are a masterful race of rugged character—a race the qualities of whose womanhood have become proverbial, while its men have the elemental, the indispensable virtues of working hard in time of pea..."

"I speak in the interests of peace when I ask for an efficient army and navy."

"We rank as one of the great naval powers of the earth, and we rank as a power for peace."

"Surely such a thought must thrill us with the resolute purpose so to bear ourselves that the name American shall stand as the symbol of just, generous, and fearless dealing with all men and all nation..."