Teddy Roosevelt: “Fundamentally the cause of expansion is the cause of peace.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900

Fundamentally the cause of expansion is the cause of peace.

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From a speech on American foreign policy, this presents Roosevelt's core argument linking national expansion with the establishment of peace.

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