Read this excerpt from President Roosevelt's known as the Roosevelt Corollary, and then answer the questions.
Our interests and those of our southern neighbors are in reality identical. They have great
natural riches, and if within their borders the reign of law and justice obtains, prosperity is
sure to come to them. While they thus obey the primary laws of civilized society they may
rest assured that they will be treated by us in a spirit of cordial and helpful sympathy. We
would interfere with them only in the last resort, and then only if it became evident that
Cheir inability or unwillingness to do justice at home and abroad had violated the rights
of the United States or had invited foreign aggression to the detriment of the entire
body
anywhere else, which desires to maintain its freedom, its independence, must ultimately realize
that the right of such independence can not be separated from the responsibility of making
good use of it.
of American nations. It is a mere truism to say that every nation, whether in America or
In your own words, summarize the excerpt.