If this is done a general acceptance of the Monroe Doctrine will in the end surely follow; and this will mean an increase of the sphere in which peaceful measures for the settlement of international difficulties gradually displace those of a warlike character.
Roosevelt predicts that adherence to the Monroe Doctrine will lead to peaceful resolutions of international conflicts.
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The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.
I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
The good citizen will demand liberty for himself, and as a matter of pride, he will see to it that others receive the liberty which he thus claims as his own.
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