Teddy Roosevelt: “Unless our attitude in these and all similar matters is to be a mere…”

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Unless our attitude in these and all similar matters is to be a mere boastful sham we can not afford to abandon our naval programme.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt stresses the necessity of maintaining a strong naval program to uphold U.S. credibility.

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