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Until our battle fleet is much larger than at present it should never be split into detachments so far apart that they could not in event of emergency be speedily united.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He advocates for maintaining a larger battle fleet without splitting it into smaller detachments.

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