We have robbed no people of their independence, we have laid on no country the hand of oppression.

While the foreign relations of this country are becoming more and more important, and constitute a field to which it will be necessary for our Government and our people to give much more attention than is now realized, yet it is our…

If we desire to be an influence in order and law, tranquility and good will in the world, we must be determined to make sufficient sacrifices to live by these precepts at home.

It is to those had that will, who showed that determination, that we today do honor.

It is because of our belief in these principles that we wish to see all the world relieved from strife and conflict and brought under the humanizing influence of a reign of law.

I suggested to them that it is always necessary to use care in the raising and expending of the revenue of the government.

I thought that it would be very much easier for them to understand us, and for us to understand them, if they had a good working knowledge of the English language.

I suggested to them also the great desirability of a general knowledge on the Island of the English language.

While I appreciated the desirability of maintaining their grasp on the Spanish language, the beauty of that language and the richness of its literature, that as a practical matter for them it was quite necessary to have a good…

I did understand that it was the rule that if a question were submitted to me and was not discussed by me that no report was to be made, one way or the other, about the fact of the submission of the question.

I had supposed that the rule about that was that questions that were submitted and not discussed would not be discussed in the press.

Perhaps the method that he may employ is not so very important, if it results in bringing about an amicable condition.

I haven't any report today from Nicaragua.

The only thing that I am certain about down there from reports that I have received is that Mr. Stimson is doing his best to compose the differences and find some method by which peace can be restored.

I think perhaps it would be well not to take too literally what the contending sides may think it is necessary to give out as publicity, but keep in mind that the main effort of this country is to restore peace and prevent further…

I have great hopes that Mr. Stimson is going to be able to bring that about.

There is no foundation for the reports, so far as I know, that Mr. MacMurray, our Minister to China, has resigned.

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