On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
This doctrine is not to be invoked for the aggrandizement of any one of us here on this continent at the expense of any one else on this continent.
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Roosevelt clarifies the Monroe Doctrine, stating it should not be used for the territorial expansion of any American nation at the expense of another.
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