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On the recordJanuary 29, 1905
Every friend of peace will join heartily in seeing that those arbitration treaties do become part of the supreme law of the land.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Commencement Address at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland

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