Teddy Roosevelt said "Among the latter is its tendency to create the belief that we need not prepare for war, because somehow we shall be able to win by some novel patent device, some new trick or new invention developed on the spur of the moment by the ingenuity of our people." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900

Among the latter is its tendency to create the belief that we need not prepare for war, because somehow we shall be able to win by some novel patent device, some new trick or new invention developed on the spur of the moment by the ingenuity of our people.

Said by

Teddy Roosevelt

Republican · New York

Source

gutenberg.org

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt critiques the dangerous national tendency to believe that ingenuity and new inventions can substitute for military preparedness.

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