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Teddy Roosevelt: “Failure to act as the Administration acted would have meant great waste of life, great suffering, great destruction of…”

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Failure to act as the Administration acted would have meant great waste of life, great suffering, great destruction of property; all of which was avoided by the firmness and prudence with which Commander Hubbard carried out his orders and prevented either party from attacking the other.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He argued that the U.S. administration's decisive actions prevented significant loss of life and property during the conflict.

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