aking statements on a nation he has never seen or even just recently heard about. The Filipinos have never really been given a chance to rule for themselves because they have been fighting with Spain for independence for many years. And now Beveridge says we should rule this nation thousands of miles away we hardly know about. Invading a land that technically isn't really ours because we brought it from a nation, who stole it in the first place, is wrong on many !
             levels. Beveridge says taking the Philippines is our duty and destiny to take. This would be the same thing as another country coming in and taking a piece of the United States
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