Address at Santa Cruz, California
05/10/1903
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That man is the best American who has in him the American spirit, the American soul.
I speak in the interests of peace when I ask for an efficient army and navy.
He scorns what is base or cruel or dishonest.
We rank as one of the great naval powers of the earth, and we rank as a power for peace.