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No competent observer, sincerely desirous of finding out the facts and influenced only by a desire for the welfare of the natives, can assert that we have not gone far enough.
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Roosevelt challenges critics by stating that no honest observer can claim the U.S. has not done enough for the welfare of the Filipino people.
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