On the record
Our power to do so is not disputed, but power and ships, without comity of relationship, will not give us the expanded trade which is inseparably linked with a great merchant marine.
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Warren G. Harding
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He asserts that having power and ships alone is insufficient without proper trade relationships to expand commerce.
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