Teddy Roosevelt said "We read now and then of foreign services where men hate their officers, have no community of interest with them, and no desire to fight for the flag." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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We read now and then of foreign services where men hate their officers, have no community of interest with them, and no desire to fight for the flag.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt contrasts the camaraderie in the U.S. military with the negative sentiments found in some foreign services.

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