Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I earnestly hope it never will be called again, and I will make every effort to see that peace obtains, but one first-class way to keep peace is to make it evident that you are not afraid to fight.

08/10/1905

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"They did justice, and we will do justice."
"Honor to the statesmen of the past, and may the statesmen of the present strive to live up to the example they set!"
"And in the names of the mighty men of the past I ask each man here to do his part in seeing that this nation remains true in deed as well as in word to the ideals of the past;"
"They did justice as strong men, not as weaklings; and we will show ourselves strong men and not weaklings."

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