We are a great nation and we are compelled, whether we will or not, to face the responsibilities that must be faced by all great nations. It is not in our power to avoid meeting them. All that we can decide is whether we shall meet them well or ill.
Teddy Roosevelt speech to the Lincoln Club dinner, New York City, February 12, 1899
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