Power Hears What It Wants To
(3) The we could not leave them to themselves - they were unfit for self-government, and
they would soon have anarchy and misrule worse then Spain's was; and
(4) That there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educated the
Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them and by God's grace do the very
best we could by them, as our fellow men for whom Christ also died.
Excerpt from McKinley's speech explaining the US making the Philippines a US colony. The arrogance and attitude have a long history.
Powerful letter at the end.
(3) The we could not leave them to themselves - they were unfit for self-government, and
they would soon have anarchy and misrule worse then Spain's was; and
(4) That there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educated the
Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them and by God's grace do the very
best we could by them, as our fellow men for whom Christ also died.
Excerpt from McKinley's speech explaining the US making the Philippines a US colony. The arrogance and attitude have a long history.
Powerful letter at the end.