Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"The reward of the consciousness of duty well done."

"It is eminently proper that on great national holidays, and particularly July Fourth, we should come together, not as representatives of one body, but as Americans, to represent all that makes America..."

"it is deemed to be wise and humane, in accordance with the beneficent purposes of the government of the United States toward the Filipino people, and conducive to peace, order and loyalty among them, ..."

"We said Cuba should become a free republic, and we have kept our word."