But in addition we should at once provide for a National Naval Reserve, organized and trained under the direction of the Navy Department, and subject to the call of the Chief Executive whenever war becomes imminent.
Roosevelt advocates for the establishment of a National Naval Reserve to bolster national defense in times of war.
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Character must show itself in the man's performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the State.
I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.
I wish to say that the Progressive Party is making its appeal to all our fellow citizens without any regard to their creed or to their birthplace.
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