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Unrighteous wars are common, and unrighteous peace is rare; but both should be shunned.
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Roosevelt warns against both unjust wars and unjust peace, advocating for moral clarity.
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Feb 23, 1912
I absolutely agree with you that this matter is not one to be decided with any reference to the personal preferences or interests of any man, but purely from the standpoint of the interests of the people as a whole.
Aug 30, 1910
No man is worth his salt in public life who makes on the stump a pledge which he does not keep after election; and, if he makes such a pledge and does not keep it, hunt him out of public life.
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I deeply appreciate your letter, and I realize to the full the heavy responsibility it puts upon me.
Apr 22, 1910
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.
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