I believed then, and believe now, that it was our duty to deliver them from Spain, to protect them against her, or against the cupidity of any other nation until her people could have tried fully the experiment of self- government, in which I have little doubt they would have succeeded.
Hoar articulates his belief in the responsibility of the United States to support the Philippine people during a tumultuous period.
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