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Teddy Roosevelt: “After making all allowance for these misdeeds, it remains true that few indeed have been the instances in which war has…”

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After making all allowance for these misdeeds, it remains true that few indeed have been the instances in which war has been waged by a civilized power against semicivilized or barbarous forces where there has been so little wrongdoing by the victors as in the Philippine Islands.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He argues that the conduct of American forces in the Philippines was relatively humane compared to other conflicts.

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