If, during the years to come, any disaster should befall our arms, afloat or ashore, and thereby any shame come to the United States, remember that the blame will lie upon the men whose names appear upon the roll-calls of Congress on the wrong side of these great questions.
From an address on national duty, Roosevelt warns that future military failures will be the fault of specific congressional members.
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