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On the recordJanuary 22, 1907
To fail to establish adequate lines on the Pacific is equivalent to proclaiming to the world that we have neither the ability nor the disposition to contend for our rightful share of the commerce of the Orient;
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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