Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

Important though it is that we should have peace abroad, it is even more important that we should have peace at home.

Remarks at the Banquet of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York in New York City

11/10/1902

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The liar is no whit better than the thief.

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