Teddy Roosevelt: “We could have avoided all this suffering simply by shrinking from…”

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We could have avoided all this suffering simply by shrinking from strife.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt warns that avoiding conflict can lead to weakness and unworthiness among nations.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “We could have avoided all this suffering simply by shrinking from strife.”