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Our influence in the Orient must be kept at such a pitch as will ensure our being able to guarantee fair treatment to our merchants and manufacturers by China.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Our influence in the Orient must be kept at such a pitch as will ensure our being able to guarantee fair treatment to…”
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Roosevelt asserts the need for the United States to maintain influence in the Orient to protect its economic interests.
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