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Teddy Roosevelt: “The Monroe Doctrine is simply a statement of our very firm belief that on this continent the nations now existing here…”

On the recordAugust 25, 1902
The Monroe Doctrine is simply a statement of our very firm belief that on this continent the nations now existing here must be left to work out their own destinies among themselves and that the continent is not longer to be regarded as colonizing ground for any European power.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Augusta, Maine

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