Teddy Roosevelt: “We have opened before them a vista of orderly development in their own…”

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We have opened before them a vista of orderly development in their own interest, and not a policy of exploitation.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that the U.S. has provided a path for the Filipinos that prioritizes their interests rather than exploitation.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “We have opened before them a vista of orderly development in their own interest, and not a policy of exploitation.”