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You must know how to fight as well as know how to die; only thus can you become the most efficient fighting force in the world.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt highlights the dual necessity of knowing how to fight and die for military effectiveness.

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