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Teddy Roosevelt: “The present method prevents there being any need of our establishing any kind of protectorate over the island and gives…”

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The present method prevents there being any need of our establishing any kind of protectorate over the island and gives the people of Santo Domingo the same chance to move onward and upward which we have already given to the people of Cuba.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt advocates for a method that avoids establishing a protectorate over Santo Domingo, allowing its people to progress.

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