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Teddy Roosevelt: “Exactly as in time of war courage is the cardinal virtue of the soldier, so in time of peace, honesty, using the word in…”

On the recordMay 29, 1904
Exactly as in time of war courage is the cardinal virtue of the soldier, so in time of peace, honesty, using the word in its deepest and broadest significance, is the essential basic virtue, without which all else avails nothing.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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