On the record
It is doubtless true that the non-payment of public debts may be accompanied by such circumstances of fraud and wrongdoing or violation of treaties as to justify the use of force.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “It is doubtless true that the non-payment of public debts may be accompanied by such circumstances of fraud and…”
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Roosevelt acknowledges that certain circumstances may justify the use of force in cases of public debt non-payment.
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