Until we thus prepare we can make up our minds that we are ourselves responsible for any disaster that occurs to any army that the United States may raise in the future; not the man who may be at the head of the Army at the time.
He asserts that the public is responsible for any military failures due to lack of preparation.
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I will accept the nomination for President if it is tendered to me, and I will adhere to this decision until the convention has expressed its preference.
I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.
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