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No triumph of peace is quite so great as the supreme triumphs of war.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Theodore Roosevelt
Age: 60 †
Born: 1858
Born: October 27
Died: 1919
Died: January 6
26Th U.S. President
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Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.
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... looked at from the standpoint of the ultimate result, there was little real difference to the Indian whether the land was taken by treaty or by war. ... No treaty could be satisfactory to the whites, no treaty served the needs of humanity and civilization, unless it gave the land to the Americans as unreservedly as any successful war.
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The Welfare of Each of Us Is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us
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