The army and the navy are the sword and the shield which this nation must carry if she is to do her duty among the nations of the earth—if she is not to stand merely as the China of the Western Hemisphere.
In an address advocating for national strength, Roosevelt describes the military as essential tools for the nation to fulfill its international obligations.
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