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On the other hand our people must keep steadily before their minds the fact that the justification for our stay in the Philippines must ultimately rest chiefly upon the good we are able to do in the islands.
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Roosevelt stresses that the justification for U.S. presence in the Philippines is based on the benefits provided to the islands.
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