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We do not guarantee any state against punishment if it misconducts itself, provided that punishment does not take the form of the acquisition of territory by any non-American power.
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Roosevelt clarifies that the Monroe Doctrine does not protect states from consequences of their own actions, as long as those actions do not lead to territorial acquisition by foreign powers.
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