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Teddy Roosevelt: “Yet, on the other hand, a nation prepared for war is a menace to mankind unless the national purpose is to treat other…”

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Yet, on the other hand, a nation prepared for war is a menace to mankind unless the national purpose is to treat other nations with good faith and justice.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt discusses the dual nature of military preparedness and its implications for international relations.

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