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We have given the Filipinos constitutional government--a government based upon justice--and we have shown that we have governed them for their good and not for our aggrandizement.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “We have given the Filipinos constitutional government--a government based upon justice--and we have shown that we have…”
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Roosevelt asserts that the U.S. has governed the Philippines justly and for the benefit of the people.
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