"There are, in President McKinley's estimate, two main elements
in a stable government: First, ability to maintain order and
insure peace and tranquility, and the security of citizens;
second, ability to observe international obligations. To those
two elements, Mr. Root in his instruction for the Cuban people,
added the following: It must rest upon the peaceful suffrages of
the people and must contain constitutional limitations to protect
the people from the arbitrary actions of the Government. All
these elements are to be found in the Philippines today.