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It has been well said that there is no surer way of courting national disaster than to be "opulent, aggressive, and unarmed.
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gutenberg.orgIt has been well said that there is no surer way of courting national disaster than to be "opulent, aggressive, and unarmed.
Roosevelt cautions that a nation that is wealthy yet unarmed invites disaster.
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