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Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Albert E. Joab’s friendship. The statement of William Jennings Bryan was so ridiculous that Roosevelt did not think it was worth arguing about.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-11-17
Theodore Roosevelt describes William Jennings Bryan’s statement that “Mr. Roosevelt classes Christ with the mollycoddles” as a “blasphemous falsehood.” He denies making a statement even resembling such a quote. Roosevelt compares his support for military readiness to the policies of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Bryan’s condemnation of Roosevelt’s views also condemns the actions of Washington and Lincoln. Roosevelt compares Bryan’s statement that the country should not prepare for war to the position that a man should not “prevent his wife’s face from being slapped or his daughter from being outraged.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-11-24