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Teddy Roosevelt: “Until we thus prepare we can make up our minds that we are ourselves responsible for any disaster that occurs to any…”

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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.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He asserts that the public is responsible for any military failures due to lack of preparation.

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