Teddy Roosevelt: “I ask that, not in the interest of war, but as a guarantee of peace.”

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I ask that, not in the interest of war, but as a guarantee of peace.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt argues that a strong military presence is necessary to ensure peace rather than provoke war.

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