Teddy Roosevelt: “If that man had not had the right stuff in him not all the generalship…”

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If that man had not had the right stuff in him not all the generalship of the greatest leaders would have availed to win victory.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that true victory in war relies on the character of the soldiers, not just their leaders.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “If that man had not had the right stuff in him not all the generalship of the greatest leaders would have availed to win…”