Address at Providence, R.I.
10/20/1936
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I like to think that the history of the Philippine Islands... provides in a very real sense a pattern for the future of other small Nations ...
Concern for our national security does not end at our borders.
We have the will and the power to teach her the cost of treachery and deceit.
There never was a doubt that the people of the Philippines were worthy of their independence.