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To provide battle ships and cruisers and then lay them up, with the expectation of leaving them unmanned until they are needed in actual war, would be worse than folly; it would be a crime against the Nation.
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This quote illustrates Roosevelt's belief that having uncrewed ships is a serious mistake that endangers the nation.
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