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Teddy Roosevelt: “If this is done a general acceptance of the Monroe Doctrine will in the end surely follow; and this will mean an…”

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If this is done a general acceptance of the Monroe Doctrine will in the end surely follow; and this will mean an increase of the sphere in which peaceful measures for the settlement of international difficulties gradually displace those of a warlike character.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt predicts that adherence to the Monroe Doctrine will lead to peaceful resolutions of international conflicts.

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