Teddy Roosevelt: “The cost of building and maintaining such a navy represents the very…”

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The cost of building and maintaining such a navy represents the very lightest premium for insuring peace which this nation can possibly pay.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt compares the cost of maintaining a navy to the price of securing peace for the nation.

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