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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is inspired, it is believed, by men who, in Panama and Colon, have systematically engendered the pro-American feeling…”

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It is inspired, it is believed, by men who, in Panama and Colon, have systematically engendered the pro-American feeling to secure the building of the Isthmian Canal by the United States.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt discusses the motivations behind the revolutionary sentiment in Panama.

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