04/04/1905
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"The best possible assurance against war is an adequate navy."
"I ask that we, the inheritors of the glory of the men who founded the Republic under Washington, of the men who saved it under Lincoln, in our turn play our part and do aright the lesser tasks of toda..."
"Whether we wish it or not we have to be a great power; we have to play a great part."
"We can glory now in the deeds of Manilla and Santiago, because for the dozen years before our people were building up the Navy."