“I thought we should act as their protector -- not try to get them under our heel.... But now -- why, we have got into a mess, a quagmire from which each fresh step renders the difficulty of extrication immensely greater.”
Whose quote is this and what was the context? Read the rest of the entry for the answer.
Mark Twain was commenting on the U.S.’s military action in the Philippines. Incidentally, he initially supported the Spanish-American War.
This great quote is from an article entitled Mark Twain, The Greatest American Humorist, Returning Home, New York World [London, October 6, 1900]. More information on Twain’s anti-imperialist work may be found at Jim Zwick’s excellent page, Mark Twain on War and Imperialism.
Everything worked out for the Philippines, right? Sure it did.
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