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Teddy Roosevelt: At the time of the Civil War the only way to secure peace was to fight for it, and it would have been a crime against…

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
At the time of the Civil War the only way to secure peace was to fight for it, and it would have been a crime against humanity to have stopped fighting before peace was conquered.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the Civil War, this passage asserts that fighting was the only path to peace and stopping prematurely would have been a moral failing.

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