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Teddy Roosevelt: “Such an attitude will be the surest possible guarantee of that self-respecting peace, the attainment of which is and…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
Such an attitude will be the surest possible guarantee of that self-respecting peace, the attainment of which is and must ever be the prime aim of a self-governing people.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Concluding a series of points on national conduct, Roosevelt identifies a self-respecting peace as the ultimate objective for a self-governing nation.

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