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Teddy Roosevelt: “If the soldier feels that he has done that, then he has a right to feel that his career has been honorable and…”

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If the soldier feels that he has done that, then he has a right to feel that his career has been honorable and successful, and that his children’s children will be proud of him.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that a soldier's sense of honor comes from fulfilling their duty.

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