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Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the G
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"Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body"

- Theodore Roosevelt

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This quote by Theodore Roosevelt is a powerful statement regarding the requirement to continue the fight against Germany throughout World War I. Roosevelt is highlighting the requirement to fight versus Germany in order to achieve a just and lasting tranquility. He is describing Germany's use ruthless methods as well as its disregard for global legislation as a kind of "savagery". He is recommending that Germany has actually improved this savagery to a scientific research, and that it should be gotten rid of from the globe in order to attain a lasting tranquility. Roosevelt is asking for a total as well as total victory over Germany, comparing it to a cancer that should be removed of the globe body. This quote works as a suggestion of the significance of withstanding tyranny and also fascism in order to accomplish a just and also lasting tranquility.

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Theodore Roosevelt This quote is written / told by Theodore Roosevelt between October 27, 1858 and January 6, 1919. He was a famous President from USA. The author also have 70 other quotes.

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