Teddy Roosevelt: “I want to increase the number of our battleships because they are…”

On the recordMarch 16, 1905

I want to increase the number of our battleships because they are preventatives of war with other nations.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Banquet of the Sons of the American Revolution in New York City

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Teddy Roosevelt: “I want to increase the number of our battleships because they are preventatives of war with other nations.”