Chronic wrongdoing, .. which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may In America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized
nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe
Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such
wrongdoing ... to the exercise of an international police power.
-President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904
President Roosevelt issued this statement in response to
President Roosevelt issued this statement in response to
O the construction of a canal in Panama
the threat of European intervention in Latin America
Spanish efforts to suppress a rebellion in Cuba
public outcry regarding war between Russia and Japan