Teddy Roosevelt: “The only way in which it can efficiently protect our own coast against…”

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The only way in which it can efficiently protect our own coast against the possible action of a foreign navy is by destroying that foreign navy.

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Republican · New York

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He argues that the only effective defense against a foreign navy is to eliminate it.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The only way in which it can efficiently protect our own coast against the possible action of a foreign navy is by…”