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Teddy Roosevelt: “Under such circumstances the Government of the United States would have been guilty of folly and weakness, amounting in…”

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Under such circumstances the Government of the United States would have been guilty of folly and weakness, amounting in their sum to a crime against the Nation, had it acted otherwise than it did when the revolution of November 3 last took place in Panama.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues that the U.S. had a duty to act decisively during the Panama revolution to protect national interests.

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