Teddy Roosevelt: “We, in effect, policed the Isthmus in the interest of its inhabitants…”

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We, in effect, policed the Isthmus in the interest of its inhabitants and of our own national needs, and for the good of the entire civilized world.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt stated that the U.S. acted to maintain order in Panama for the benefit of both its inhabitants and its own national interests.

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