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But we can not give them self-government save in the sense of governing them so that gradually they may, if they are able, learn to govern themselves.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “But we can not give them self-government save in the sense of governing them so that gradually they may, if they are…”
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Roosevelt explains that self-government can only be granted as Filipinos learn to govern themselves.
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