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A first-class navy—first-class in point of size, above all first-class in point of efficiency of the individual units acting as units and in combination—is the surest and the cheapest guarantee of peace.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “A first-class navy—first-class in point of size, above all first-class in point of efficiency of the individual units…”
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He asserts that a first-class navy is the best guarantee of peace for the nation.
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