18/06/2025
U.S. Senator Albert J. Beveridge Speaks On The Philippine Question, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., January 9, 1900
Senator Beveridge's speech on the Philippines reflects an era of American imperialism in the Pacific.
December 13, 1901
MR. PRESIDENT, the times call for candor. The Philippines are ours forever, "territory belonging to the United States," as the Constitution calls them. And just beyond the Philippines are China's illimitable markets. We will not retreat from either. We will not repudiate our duty in the archipelago. We will not abandon our opportunity in the Orient. We will not renounce our part in the mission of our race, trustee, under God, of the civilization of the world. And we will move forward to our work, not howling out regrets like slaves whipped to their burdens but with gratitude for a task worthy of our strength and thanksgiving to Almighty God that He has marked us as His chosen people, henceforth to lead in the regeneration of the world.
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