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Quotation from The Monroe Doctrine by James Monroe
“With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not interfered and shall not interfere”
The Monroe Doctrine, Closing foreign-affairs passage (Richardson, Messages and Papers of the Presidents, via The American Presidency Project)
Monroe limits the warning: European possessions already in the Americas will be left alone.
Citation: "With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not interfered and shall not interfere" — James Monroe, The Monroe Doctrine, Closing foreign-affairs passage (Richardson, Messages and Papers of the Presidents, via The American Presidency Project). (id monroe-doctrine-q5)
Portrait: Uncle Sam Straddles the Americas Cartoon, Louis Dalrymple, Public domain.
