“Is America a weakling, to shrink from the work of the great …”

“Is America a weakling, to shrink from the work of the great world powers? No! The young giant of the West stands on a continent and clasps the crest of an ocean in either hand. Our nation, glorious in youth and strength, looks into the future with eager eyes and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

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Title: Wikiquote: Theodore Roosevelt
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Letter to John Hay, American Ambassador to the Court of St. James, London, written in Washington, DC (June 7, 1897)

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Roosevelt, Theodore. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Theodore Roosevelt. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

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