On the recordOctober 25, 1905
I want, on behalf of this nation, the peace that comes not to the coward, who cringes for it, but the peace of the just man armed, who asks it as a right.
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presidency.ucsb.eduTeddy Roosevelt: “I want, on behalf of this nation, the peace that comes not to the coward, who cringes for it, but the peace of the just…”
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Remarks at a Luncheon in New Orleans, Louisiana
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