Teddy Roosevelt: “We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.”

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We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes that the pursuit of peace should be based on moral grounds rather than fear.

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