On the recordMay 29, 1905
A successful war for unrighteousness is the most dreadful of all things; it is the thing that sets back more than aught else the course of civilization.
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presidency.ucsb.eduTeddy Roosevelt: “A successful war for unrighteousness is the most dreadful of all things; it is the thing that sets back more than aught…”
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Remarks at the Unveiling of the Statue of General Henry W. Slocum in Brooklyn, New York City
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