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On the record
I have proceeded upon the assumption that this Nation was sincere when it said that it desired peace, that all proper steps to provide against the likelihood of war ought to be taken; and these arbitration treaties represent precisely those steps.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that the nation must take steps to prevent war, and arbitration treaties are part of that strategy.

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