"We see in all these events the gradual triumph of American ideals,
especially of that fundamental American principle that declares
that governments derive their just powers from the consent of
the governed.
"Hence we come to America in the full expectation that the
United States can do no less than other nations have done to
their dependencies; that she cannot now refrain from practicing
those principles which were initiated by her and followed by her
sister nations; that she cannot now refuse specific realization
of those purposes and ideals, which found eloquent expression
in her spokesmen both in times of war and in times of peaceful
reconstruction; and that she will make the Filipino people a
determining factor in the relationship that should exist between
the United States and the only unincorporated and subject country
now under the American flag.