Fear God and Take Your Own Part Quotes

“We dread war; but we follow Washington and Lincoln in dreading some things worse than war. Therefore we desire to prepare against war.”
― Theodore Roosevelt, Fear God and Take Your Own Part

“But what has happened during the last year and a half has forced all reasonably farsighted men to understand that we are living in a new world. We have let our navy deteriorate to a degree both shameful and alarming. We have shown by our own conduct when the Hague Conventions were violated that all such treaties are utterly worthless, as offering even the smallest safeguard against aggression. Above all, the immense efficiency, the utter ruthlessness, and the gigantic scale of the present military operations show that we need military preparedness on a scale never hitherto”
― Theodore Roosevelt, Fear God and Take Your Own Part