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On the recordFebruary 21, 1905
Our navy is the surest guaranty of peace and the cheapest insurance against war.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Commemoration of Washington's Birthday by the University of Pennsylvania and on Receiving the Degree of...

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