Nevertheless, not a little good has been done even by such struggles as that which ended in ensuring independence to Cuba, and in giving to the Philippines a freedom to which they could never have attained had we permitted them to fall into anarchy or under tyranny.
In a speech advocating for American strength, this passage defends the outcomes of the Spanish-American War regarding Cuba and the Philippines.
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The good citizen will demand liberty for himself, and as a matter of pride, he will see to it that others receive the liberty which he thus claims as his own.
I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.
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