That there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and, by God's grace, do the very best we could by them, as our fellowmen for whom Christ also died. Imperialism and the Anti-Imperialist Mind - Page 18by Lewis Samuel Feuer - 1989 - 265 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Allan Punzalan Isaac - American literature - 2006 - 248 pages
...of morality wove its way into foreign and national policy. In President McKinley's oft-quoted words, "there was nothing left for us to do but to take them...Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them."19 The reform movements and the concurrent disciplining of immigrants in settlement houses and... | |
| Samuel S. Kim - Political Science - 2006 - 361 pages
...McKinley rationalized his actions to a group of Protestant clergymen in August 1898 by saying "that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them...Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize [sic!] them." 30 In the wake of this expansion of US activity around the globe, there has been a resurgence... | |
| Paul T. McCartney - History - 2006 - 392 pages
...selfgovernment-and they would soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain's was; and (4) that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them...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... | |
| Paul T. McCartney - History - 2006 - 392 pages
...selfgovernment-and they would soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain's was; and (4) that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them...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... | |
| Stephen Kinzer - History - 2006 - 414 pages
..."and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance." "One night late, it came to me this way," he said. "There was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos and uplift them and Christianize them, and by God's grace do the very best we could for them, as our fellow men... | |
| Kingsley Bolton, Braj B. Kachru - English language - 2006 - 488 pages
...Philippines was identical to the approach to South Asia. In President McKinley's view: there was nothing else for us to do but to take them all, and to educate...Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God's grace do the very best we could for them, as our fellowmen for whom Christ also... | |
| Victor Bascara - Social Science - 231 pages
...self-government — and they would soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain's was; and (4) that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to. ... (22) At this point Rio's verbal delivery fails. She struggles to enunciate the American president's... | |
| Garry Wills - United States - 2007 - 646 pages
...Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night. And one night late it came to me . . . that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them...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... | |
| Saul Landau - Political Science - 2007 - 324 pages
...self-government—and they would soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain's was; and (4) that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them...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... | |
| Dagmar Pruin, Rolf Schieder, Johannes Zachhuber - Religion and politics - 2007 - 213 pages
...Hallelujah! 48 At the beginning of America's international expansion in 1898, William McKinely said, There was nothing left for us to do but to take them...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... | |
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