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Dec 16, 2005

Who Said This?


by Liberty and Power


"In strict confidence,...I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one."

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Theodore Roosevelt (1897) Source: Howard K. Beale, Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of America to World Power (New York: Collier Books, 1967 reprint of 1956 edition)50.


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Common Sense - 12/17/2005


David T. Beito - 12/17/2005

To be fair to Teddy, he did not hesitate to make similar statements in public. Take a gander here:

http://www.bartleby.com/58/1.html

Aeon J. Skoble - 12/16/2005

I guess it _wasn't_ in strict confidence...