Teddy Roosevelt: “Every warship which is not first class in efficiency becomes in battle…”

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Every warship which is not first class in efficiency becomes in battle not a help to the Nation, but a menace to the national honor.

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Republican · New York

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He warns that inefficient warships can harm national honor rather than protect it.

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