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Teddy Roosevelt: “There are a good many baseless alarms which some worthy people feel from time to time in this country, and which other…”

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There are a good many baseless alarms which some worthy people feel from time to time in this country, and which other less worthy people affect to feel, but of all foolish crimes, of all baseless figments of a disturbed imagination, the cry of militarism in this country is the most foolish and the most baseless.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt dismisses the fear of militarism in America as unfounded and exaggerated.

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