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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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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

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

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