Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
War has been avoided; but what of the national consciences that beheld such iniquity and withheld the hand?
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt questions the moral cost of avoiding war when faced with grave iniquity, implying a failure of national conscience.

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