Teddy Roosevelt: “All the merciful humanity that even war has gained during the last two…”

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All the merciful humanity that even war has gained during the last two thousand years is lost.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt laments the loss of humanitarian progress in warfare over the centuries when faced with primal conflicts.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “All the merciful humanity that even war has gained during the last two thousand years is lost.”