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Teddy Roosevelt: “No nation regarded the cruise as fraught with any menace of hostility to itself; and yet every nation accepted it as a…”

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No nation regarded the cruise as fraught with any menace of hostility to itself; and yet every nation accepted it as a proof that we were not only desirous ourselves to keep the peace, but able to prevent the peace being broken at our expense.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt notes that the international community viewed the naval cruise as a demonstration of America's commitment to peace.

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