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Teddy Roosevelt: “Of all foolish crimes, of all baseless figments of a disturbed imagination, the cry of militarism in this country is the…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 1905
Of all foolish crimes, of all baseless figments of a disturbed imagination, the cry of militarism in this country is the most foolish and the most baseless.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Commencement Address at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland

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