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If it is morally indefensible to hold the archipelago as a whole under our tutelage in the interest of its own people, then it is morally indefensible to hold any part of it.
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gutenberg.orgIf it is morally indefensible to hold the archipelago as a whole under our tutelage in the interest of its own people, then it is morally indefensible to hold any part of it.
Roosevelt argues against the moral justification for holding any part of the Philippines under U.S. control.
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