On the recordMay 13, 1903
Remember that after the war has begun it is too late to improvise a navy.
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presidency.ucsb.eduTeddy Roosevelt: “Remember that after the war has begun it is too late to improvise a navy.”
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Address at the Dedication of the Navy Memorial Monument in San Francisco, California
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