On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
A nation that has not the power of endurance, the power of dogged insistence on a determined policy, come weal or woe, has lost one chief element of greatness.
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Roosevelt argues that a nation's ability to steadfastly pursue a determined policy, regardless of circumstances, is fundamental to its greatness.
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