We should do all this with a disinterested endeavor to secure for the Filipinos economic independence and to fit them for complete self-government, with the power to decide eventually, according to their own largest good, whether such self-government shall be accompanied by independence.
Taft advocates for a careful approach to ensure economic independence and readiness for self-government among Filipinos.
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