Their individual rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are now by act of Congress jealously safeguarded under the American flag; and if the protection of the flag were withdrawn their rights would be lost, and the islands would be plunged back under some form of vicious tyranny.
Roosevelt argues that the rights of Filipinos are safeguarded under American governance, warning of the dangers of withdrawing support.
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