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On the recordAugust 9, 1905
We need in the interest of peace and so that we can do our duty in promoting peace of the world to have it understood that we desire peace not from fear, not from weakness, but because we regard peace as just and right.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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