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Teddy Roosevelt: Again and again in a nation’s history the time may, and indeed sometimes must, come when the nation’s highest duty is…

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
Again and again in a nation’s history the time may, and indeed sometimes must, come when the nation’s highest duty is war.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on the strenuous life, this passage asserts that war can, at times, be a nation's highest duty.

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