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Teddy Roosevelt: “Never in our entire history has the Nation suffered in the least particular because too much care has been given to the…”

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Never in our entire history has the Nation suffered in the least particular because too much care has been given to the Army, too much prominence given it, too much money spent upon it, or because it has been too large.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues that the nation has never suffered from excessive investment in the Army, but rather from neglect.

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