A nation such as ours cannot possibly play a great part in international affairs, cannot expect to be treated as of weight in either the Atlantic or the Pacific, or to have its voice as to the Monroe Doctrine or the management of the Panama Canal heeded, unless it has a strong and thoroughly efficient navy.
Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of a strong navy for the United States to have a meaningful role in international affairs.
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I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.
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the fate of the leader for the time being is of little consequence, but the cause itself must in the end triumph, for its triumph is essential to the well-being of the American people.
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