Teddy Roosevelt: “Every man who by vote and voice from time to time took part in adding to our fleet, in buying the armor, in preparing…”

“Every man who by vote and voice from time to time took part in adding to our fleet, in buying the armor, in preparing the gun-factories, in increasing the personnel and enabling it to practice, deserves well of the whole nation, and a record of his action should be kept, that his children may feel proud of him.”