What is our title to the Philippine Islands?... When we made allies of the Filipinos and armed them to fight against Spain, we disputed Spain's title.... There can be no doubt that ... we had full knowledge that they were fighting
for their own independence....

Some argue that American rule in the Philippine Islands will result in the better education of the Filipinos. Be not deceived.... [We] dare not educate them lest they learn to read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States and mock us for our inconsistency.

[A] war of conquest is as unwise as it is unrighteous.... It is not
necessary to own people in order to trade with them.... Imperialism finds no warrant in the Bible. The command, "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature," has no Gatling gun
attachment....

Note: The Gatling gun was an early rapid-fire machine gun.


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