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Teddy Roosevelt: “We undertook to build the Panama Canal because we said that owing to our position and interest and standing we were the…”

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We undertook to build the Panama Canal because we said that owing to our position and interest and standing we were the only nation that could or should do it.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt explains the rationale behind the United States' decision to construct the Panama Canal.

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