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Teddy Roosevelt: “Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified, for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

In his address "The Strenuous Life," Roosevelt argues that national greatness is achieved through justified struggle and effort.

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