We will gladly help them to this end; but I would solemnly warn them to remember the great truth that the only way a people can permanently avoid being governed from without is to show that they both can and will govern themselves from within.
Roosevelt warns that true self-governance requires the people to demonstrate their ability to govern themselves effectively.
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