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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is the man behind the gun in war, and it is the man behind the plough in peace.”

On the recordAugust 29, 1902
It is the man behind the gun in war, and it is the man behind the plough in peace.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Bethel, Vermont

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