No plea of alienage will be received or allowed to exempt from the obligations imposed by the aforesaid act of Congress any person of foreign birth who shall have declared on oath his intention to become a citizen of the United States under the laws thereof.
Proclamation 101—Enrollment of Aliens for Military Duty
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As a general rule I abstain from reading the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
I do the very best I know how--the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end.
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