The Question of the Philippines: An Address Delivered Before the Graduate Club of Leland Stanford Junior University, on February 14, 1899 |
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... better define these obligations let us find out to whom they were incurred . Nobody in particular lays claim to them . Surely we are not bound to Spain , for she feels outraged and humiliated by the whole transaction . The Filipinos ask ...
... better define these obligations let us find out to whom they were incurred . Nobody in particular lays claim to them . Surely we are not bound to Spain , for she feels outraged and humiliated by the whole transaction . The Filipinos ask ...
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... better way by respect- ing the aspirations towards freedom , even of less advanced races , and by acting in accordance with their own noble traditions and republi- can principles . " Do we say that these obligations were entailed by ...
... better way by respect- ing the aspirations towards freedom , even of less advanced races , and by acting in accordance with their own noble traditions and republi- can principles . " Do we say that these obligations were entailed by ...
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... better than they know how to demand . We might do so possibly , but we shall not . We are not in " knight - errantry for our health , " and we " and we are in no mood for trying fancy experiments , Those among us who might lead child ...
... better than they know how to demand . We might do so possibly , but we shall not . We are not in " knight - errantry for our health , " and we " and we are in no mood for trying fancy experiments , Those among us who might lead child ...
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... better for the world . In like strain we are reminded that the arguments against expansion to - day were used to oppose the Louisiana purchase in Jefferson's time and the less glorious acquisition of the provinces of conquered Mexico ...
... better for the world . In like strain we are reminded that the arguments against expansion to - day were used to oppose the Louisiana purchase in Jefferson's time and the less glorious acquisition of the provinces of conquered Mexico ...
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... better for our people . Let them take their chances without our help . If it were possible to exterminate the Filipinos as we have destroyed the Indians , replacing their institutions and their people by ours , the political objections ...
... better for our people . Let them take their chances without our help . If it were possible to exterminate the Filipinos as we have destroyed the Indians , replacing their institutions and their people by ours , the political objections ...
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Page 11 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 39 - Abraham Lincoln, give us a MAN! "Is there never one in all the land, One on whose might the Cause may lean? Are all the common ones so grand, And all the titled ones so mean?
Page 38 - They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society, which should be familiar to all, and revered by all, constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and even though never perfectly attained, constantly approximated, and thereby constantly spreading and deepening its influence and augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere.
Page 55 - If none of these are attainable, even a Sancho Panza would do. Send him out with no more instructions than the knight of La Mancha gave Sancho — to fear God and do his duty. Put him on his metal. Promise him the respect and praise of all good men if he does well ; and if he calls to his help intelligent persons who understand the cultivation of soils and the management of men, in half a score of years Dominica would be the brightest gem of the Antilles. From America, from England, from...
Page 55 - Dominica will be the brightest gem of the Antilles . . . The leading of the wise few, the willing obedience of the many, is the beginning and end of all right action. Secure this and you secure everything. Fail to secure this and be your liberties as wide as you can make them, no success is possible.
Page 54 - If the Antilles are ever to thrive, each of them also should have some trained and skilful man at its head, unembarrassed by local elected assemblies. The whites have become so weak that they would welcome the abolition of such assemblies. The blacks do not care for politics, and would be pleased to see them swept away to-morrow if they were governed wisely and fairly. Of course, in that case it would be necessary to appoint governors who would command...
Page 46 - Filipinos as if they were a painted picture, an amount of mere matter in our way. They are too remote from us ever to be realized as they exist in their inwardness.