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It thus clearly appears that the fact that there was no bloodshed on the Isthmus was directly due—and only due—to the prompt and firm enforcement by the United States of its traditional policy.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He noted that the absence of bloodshed during the revolution was due to U.S. intervention and enforcement of policy.

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