Calvin Coolidge actually said...

There are undoubtedly many Filipinos who desire the immediate independence of their country but who also realize the necessity for the protection of the American Government for several years, if not indefinitely.

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Message to the Governor of the Philippine Islands Returning Without Approval an Act to Hold a Plebiscite in Philippine...

04/05/1927

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