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The ties that unite Germany and the United States are many and close, and it must be a prime object of our statesmanship to knit the two nations ever closer together.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of strengthening ties between Germany and the United States.

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