All I need say today of them in speaking to you of the great war, is that we tried in the little war to show that we had some of the spirit that the men had who fought in the great Civil War.
Teddy Roosevelt: “All I need say today of them in speaking to you of the great war, is that we tried in the little war to show that we had…”
On the recordApril 4, 1905
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Remarks in Vineta, Indian Territory
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